RE: [Leica] Next body -- M3/M6-.85?

["Stewart, Alistair" <AStewart@gigaweb.com>]

Bob,

Reinhold Mueller (416 467 6992) can do the M3 to M4/6 loading (very
expensive), and convert the M3 to takr an M6 ARW.

But, why the aversion, it reall is easy to load an m3 with practice, and you
will get fewer problems than with an M6. The time saved is infinitessimal.
In your shoes I'd get a beater M4-2. Yes, it is medium-mag, but is a sleeper
body for users.

best of loading,

Alistair

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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 1:22 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Next body -- M3/M6-.85?


I've got one M body (a M4-p) and two lenses (24mm & 35mm). I expect to have
a 
90mm soon. I'm starting to think down the road toward a second body. I'm 
thinking purely as a shooter, not a collector or even someone in pursuit of 
"the best." I almost insist on the M4-style loading system and I like the 
fact that the M4-2 and beyonds have a hot shoe (though I will rarely if ever

use it). I might someday try the Abbramson winder so that's a minor factor 
(an M4-P and an M-6 use the same winder, correct?). 

I'm thinking I want something with a higher magnification viewfinder for use

with the 90mm and maybe a 50mm or even 135mm someday. That would seem to 
limit my choice to the .85 magnification M6 but I'm wondering . . . Is it 
possible to convert an M3 to the modern take-up spool. I've asked this
before 
and it seemed like the answer was a qualified "yes" but I'd like a little 
more specifics. Has anyone here done this? Who does this (e-mail address?)? 
What does it cost (IOW, would the modification + an M3 body be significantly

less $ than a used .85 M6?)?

Bob (dreaming of a 2nd Leica) McEowen