Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 21:13 26/12/97 -0800, you wrote: >Luiz Otavio Marinho wrote: ><snip>=20 >> I saw a fax from Leica about the release of the new M6 without the frame >> for 28mm and the viewfinder mag. of 0.85 instead of the old, the new M6 >> don=B4t has any difference of the old M6 except the price who is a little= bit >> higher... It will be available on Jan/Feb 98.(only on Black chrome). >-------------------------------- >Page 58 of "Leica M Photography" by Brian Bower, 1995: > > THE M6-J > This special model was produced in 1994 to celebrate forty years of >Leica M. Only 1640 were produced <snip>=20 >Interestingly the higher magnification finder, with its greater >effective rangefinder base length, has aroused considerable interest as >it is much more convenient and accurate when using the 90mm and 135mm >lenses. A significant number of leading photographers have asked Leica >to consider fitting this viewfinder system in a standard M6 body as a >regular alternative to the normal viewfinder. Leica are said to be >seriously considering this possibility. =20 >----------------------------------- >The rangefinder has a magnification of 0.85 x instead of 0.72 x . =20 >Dale >--=20 >$ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington U.S.A. $ > Thanks for the explanation but NOW is confirmed I saw the fax in my hands when I was in the Leica Representative office here in S=E3o Paulo. And the viewfinder is not the same of the M6J... The M6 will still in production, this camera will be only a variation... only in Black crome. =20 Regards,=20 =20 =20 Luiz O. Marinho S=E3o Paulo - SP. Brazil lmarinho@br2001.com.br www.marinho.com.br (under construction)