Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] ***SPAM*** M6 prototype
From: dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com (Dennis Kushner)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:48:01 -0500
References: <CAFfkXxsG30bAHqgW_e5YyRiqdvNB4_ka59-auwDZz9i=WW-XcA@mail.gmail.com> <CC9B2525-07E1-443B-84EA-BEDD228A8F07@sfr.fr>

Camera were in Osterloh's book 50 years of Leica M on p 66.
Not shown was motor drive or a rear view of body.
Excuse for not producing was not the whole story. More likely
would have killed off R  bodies & lenses when they were just
beginning to gain a small SLR market share.


On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:22 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
wrote:

> Thanks Sonny
>
> Yet, I don't know if this is true - from the details it looks more like a
> Bastler's job than anything else.
>
> Well, if anyone is interested I still have an R4 in working order and the
> motor/winder that goes with it ;-)
>
> and both must go
>
> Friday Bastlers, to your dremels and screwdrivers ;-)
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Le 29 janv. 15 ? 22:10, Sonny Carter a ?crit :
>
>  Interesting bit of history of a direction Leica M's might have gone.
>>
>>
>> http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/
>> Leica-M6/M6-Special/M6-Electronic-1981/
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
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In reply to: Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] M6 prototype)
Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] ***SPAM*** M6 prototype)