Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I asked Ernst Hartmann this very question "when did the M6 change to the special tool?" and Ernst replied, "All M6's and the pre-M6 M4-P were ALL equipped with this adjustment facility. Leica eliminated the ordinary screw-head to discourage clumsy hackers. The mechanism and procedure, however, is exactly the same. Just a different tool." ... Ernst. Jim At 01:47 PM 2/1/99 -0600, you wrote: >Well, thank you, Jim.....I'll take their word that the later M6 is >so equipped....the earlier ones CERTAINLY were not....Nor were the >"pre M6 window M4-P" > >I'll accept their assurance that now the cameras are adjustable in this >manner.....BUT >It still doesn't explain why the previous design was abandoned.....if it ain't >broke, why fix it? (question to Leica, not Sherry, of course.) > >I'll feel differently about newer M6s in this regard....I basically like the >camera, but still the fit/finish ain't no M4.... > >Walt > > >On Mon, 01 Feb 1999 09:40:03 -0800 Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com> >wrote: >> I first asked Sherry: >> >> At 09:43 PM 1/31/99 -0800, Sherry wrote: >> >It is not a screw. A special tool is required. >> > Best regards, Sherry >> > >> >> And I just called Ernst Hartmann who said, "M6's require a special tool >> rather than a screw driver. The adjustment is exactly the same as it always >> was, between the viewfinder windows, just now requires a special tool to >> turn the eccentric." >> >> Jim >> >> PS... sorry Walt, it's NOT a glued assembly as you told me. It is the same >> as it's always been. Just more difficult for the lay person. > >