Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/14

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Subject: Re: Bruckner Edition M6
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:40:58 GMT

Mike Gardner writes:

> Amen!  The M6 is a photographers camera and works beautifully for its 
> intended purpose.  "Concentration on the basics" or something like that.
> The camera is lightweight tough and dependable.  How many wars has it
> been through?  IMHO, any additional electronics would be superfluous and
> any "ergonomic improvements" a waste.  Lets have a few dependable
> anachronisms left in this world that we don't have to "update" every two
> years like these blasted computers!

I know of several working photojournalists who dismiss the M6 out of hand 
as "male jewellery".

As I've said before on this list, it may have been through wars in the 
past, but any camera with so little eye relief that you can't use it 
easily wearing glasses, will be completely unusable wearing a gas mask or 
NBC suit. And what have accredited photojournalists been required to carry 
(and know how to use) in recent conflicts? Yup...

It *does* need more eye relief or a better viewfinder, and 1/250 flash 
sync.