Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The plastic ones tend to break. Mine did. Ken Wilcox At 11:53 -0400 6/14/1, a fine scholar, Andrew Moore wrote: >> I've got a lead on a clean M6 from about 85 and 86 that I've been told is >> a Weztlar one. My chief Leica guru has told me to look for an early M6 >> before the plastic film counter dial, but not so early that it lacks the >> blinking lights. > >My reply is a little off your topic (which means it should be a post well >suited for the LUG): I've never been a big fan of the trend from metal to >plastic in many products, but how bad can a plastic film counter dial >really be? It'll probably last longer than we will and I doubt there's >much evidence to say that it's really better than a metal one which is >what I infer from the guru's recommendation. A plastic wind lever or lens >mount would be another matter...! > >Just food for thought, not for an argument :) > >--Andrew >NO ARCHIVE - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>