Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Peter. Your post is really helpful for a M beginner like me. Tony At 12:06 PM 2/27/97 +0000, you wrote: >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 > > Tony Chang 3B Co-Op Chemical Engineering University of Waterloo Ontario, Canada