Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Morton wrote: > > If one were considering an M series, and couldn't afford an M6, what's > the next best M series to look for to actually use? M4, M-2, M4-P or > earlier (don't want an M5)? > > Are there any (other than the MDa) that one should actively avoid? > > What bright line finders are in the various M models? Bright line frames M3: 50,90,135 M2: 35,50,90 M1: 35,50 (or 50,135 in militairy model) M4: 35,50,90,135 M5: 35,50,90,135 M4-2: 35,50,90,135 (28 and 75 added in later models) M4-P: 28,35,50,75,90,135 M6: 28,35,50,75,90,135 M6J: 35,50,90,135 In my opinion you should aviod all rangefinder-less M models (M1, MD, MDa, MD-2). If you can't afford an M6 go for the M4-P (has the same bright line frames) after that I'd take an M4-2 (possibility to add 28 and 75 bright line frames, not cheap though). Bert