Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 0.85 Announcement
From: Emanuel-Temp_Lowi%READERSDIGEST@READERSDIGEST.COM
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:38:25 -0500

They seem to be calling it, simply, "the .85". The only external difference
is that designation laser-etched on the front(!) of the main viewfinder
window. Just what you want your subject to be puzzling over when you point
the camera at him/her.
With their mania for outlandish commemorative finishes and engravings
during the past 20 years, you'd think they'd  a)come up with a proper model
name b) engrave the .85 on the back of the top cover, where the
photographer (not the photographee) would notice it. Sigh.