Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] loading M6
From: Jim Laurel <jplaurel@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 13:12:52 -0700 
I think the rationale for loading this way was to get better structural
rigidity in the camera body.  As I understand it, this was the most logical
design, given the available materials of the time the M cameras were
originally created.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Bernard [mailto:5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 12:00 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] loading M6


Lee, Jonathan wrote:

> Is there a reason why Leica continues to load from the bottom?

Tradition. People just love a bit of tradition.