Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:42 AM 1/31/98 -0800, Stephen Gandy wrote: >the interesting thing about it though, is that I can not claim to have >realized the difference on my own. the professional Japanese camera >buyers who frequent the West Coast pointed out the difference to me >years ago when I just started selling cameras. Compared to the >earlier Leitz chrome finish of the M3/M2/M4, most of the regard the >current M6 chrome finish as a rude joke, an imitation of the real thing >that Leica is passing off to buyers who don't know any better. > >But don't take my word for it. Corner them at a camera show and make >the statement that the M6 chrome finish is as good as the M4 and earlier >cameras. They will have a difficult time containing their laughter. > Thank you, Stephen, but that answers a question that wasn't asked. Mr Shea posited that the M6 chrome finish was worse than the M6, by which I presume he meant the black M6. That was what I wished him to confirm and to provide authority for. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!