Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With all this talk about M7s with all sorts of added high tech features, and plastic entry level Ms, DR. BLACKTAPE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER... ...Why Leica doesn't think about introducing an M6B, same camera without any electronics what so ever, and perhaps with fewer frame lines. No meter. No TTL flash. Essentially an M4. It would have to be hundreds of dollars less expensive than the M6TTL, would provide current M users with a terrific second body, particularly one on which to mount 21, 24 and 28 mm lenses, as well as providing a less expensive, but equally high quality, point of entry for would-be Leica users.