Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And do not over look that the M4-2 and early M4-P had brass top cover and later M4-P had zinc top cover. With the former you can have it painted black. I recently bought a new old stock M4-2 top cover and as we speak it is being painted black. I will graft this black paint top cover to one of my user M6 classics and I shall have a black paint M6 classic, which Leica would no doubt deem too expensive to produce. As icing an the cake I shall have a M3 advance lever fitted too, and Tom A will provide a Rapidwinder, a Rapidwinder and a Softrelease, all in gloss black, to match. Isn't it fun when you can have something custom built inexpensively that Leica won't produce? Perhaps Cosina can build an R mount 28-70/2.8 ASPH without too much fiasco?! ;-) Cheers, Joseph on 24/2/01 4:54 AM, John Collier at jbcollier@home.com wrote: > The only difference is that the M4-P has the 28mm and 75mm framelines. You > can easily update a M4-2 to a six frame finder mask set. Last time I > checked, it was about $200CAN installed. Late M4-P cameras also do not have > the M sync terminal. > > John Collier > >> From: "Juan J. Buhler" <jbuhler@pdi.com> >> >> >> So, I'm still looking for a user Leica RF. I have read the resources >> in the web, but it would be nice to hear first hand opinions. >> >> I gather the main difference between the M4-2 and M4-P is that the >> M4-2 doesn't have 28mm framelines? Can anyone comment on using 28mm >> lenses on an M4-2? Are the viewfinder the same otherwise? (ie >> magnification) >> >> In short, is it worth paying ~200 more for an M4-P instead of a M4-2, >> if the cameras are in similar condition? >> >