Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You wrote: > >At 11:11 AM 5/8/96 -0700, Eric Welch wrote: > >>We have to remember that the M6-J is a major technial improvement in the M >>series. It's just too bad it's a collector. Rumors will no doubt persist for >>years, until Leica finally breaks down and builds one for the rest of us, >>that it's going to be a production camera some day. (We can hope, can't we?) >> > >I don't know if I would call it "major technial" improvement. The M6J meter >is no better (or worst) than an M6 meter. Its finder is between M3 & M4, >with 4 framelines. It doesn't feel any smoother (or less smooth) than an M3. >Am I missing something? For the price, they could have used solid titanium >top and bottom, but that might turn some collectors away. >--------------------------------------- >Gang Huang >Bell Laboratories >200 Laurel Ave. 3B-216 >Middletown, NJ 07748 >U. S. A. >(908)957-3524 >--------------------------------------- > I beleive you are mistaken the M6j does not to my knowledge have a meter. And the viewfinder is life size that is what is the major advantage to the M6J. John Buford