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Subject: [Leica] M6 and MP differences?
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:44:00 +0100
References: <2D9ABD4D-469F-4437-B994-0D1EE67AB9CB@gmail.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20090601110022.02e89c88@pop.med.cornell.edu> <CAB7DF7F-1570-49DD-AB8B-75B38043D984@gmail.com>

I still think that if I had to buy one Leica new it would be an MP. I know 
that
it is still film, but..On the other hand if someone dropped me off a free 
?4000
M8.2 ....

It's that price!

Peter Dzwig

Thein Onn Ming wrote:
> Thanks for the warning. The shutter still operates all speeds
> mechanically, doesn't it? I guess if all is lost I can still use my M8
> as a meter...
> 
> On Jun 1, 2009, at 11:03 PM, Chris Saganich wrote:
> 
>> The M6ttl battery dies very quickly if the camera isn't turned off so
>> to speak.  So fast that I wondered if their wasn't a circuit problem. 
>> This is the main reason (as well as the flair issue) that I changed to
>> the MP.  I've changed the battery in the MP once in 3 years and I was
>> happy to use it without a battery for a few months.
>>
>>
>> At 06:35 AM 5/30/2009, you wrote:
>>> Quick question for you experts - are there any significant
>>> differences between the M6TTL and the MP other than no TTL flash on
>>> the MP, RF flare fix, and the rewind knob?
>>>
>>> THEIN Onn Ming
>>> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com
>>> www.flickr.com/mingthein
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Chris Saganich MS, CPH
>> Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics
>> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
>> New York Presbyterian Hospital
>> chs2018 at med.cornell.edu
>> http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/
>> Ph. 212.746.6964
>> Fax. 212.746.4800
>> Office A-0049
>>
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> 
> THEIN Onn Ming
> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com
> www.flickr.com/mingthein
> 
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          




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