Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greetings, The M3 came first. It has frames for 50mm 90mm, and 135mm lenses. A few early ones don't have a self timer. The M2 came next. It has 35mm, 50mm, and 90mm frames. Most have self timers. The M4 came next, about 1967. It has 35mm, 50mm, 90mm, and 135mm frames, a self timer, and like the previous two, no hot shoe. The M5 was an ugly, (IMHO), version of the M4 with a built in meter. The M4-2 came next. It was almost identical to the M4 but lacked a self timer, and added a hot shoe. It also, unfortunately, says M4-2 on the front, making it less appealing aesthetically, (IMHO). The M4-P came next. It's the same as a M4-2 but adds frames for 75mm and 28mm focal lengths. The M6 is an M4-P but with a meter. Peter Jon White