Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] from a neophyte LUGer
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 15:18:10 -0800

DavidS8451@aol.com wrote:

<snip> 
> I have a couple of questions for the group.
> 1)  This past weekend I was shooting with my new M6 on the summit of a 4000
> footer in the White Mountains of NH, on a very bright and cold (-10 F) day,
> when the rangefinder patch seemed to disappear.  I saw a reference to this
> phenomenon recently in a post, and my question is, was this due to the
> brightness of the snowy environment or to the cold temperature?
> 2)  I would like to add a 90/2 lens to go with my 35.  Can anyone tell me what
> serial number range I should look for to get a used "skinny" version, and
> would this older, "skinny" model be comparable to the current version?


Dave,

#1 is supposed to be a know fact with the M6.  It seems that in certain
lighting the rangefinder spot disappears.

#2 Are you talking about the 90/2 or 90/2.8 as the word 'skinny' is
usually only used in reference to the 90/2.8.  Maybe others can fill in
which of the 90/2.8 Tele-Elmarit's fill your need.

Dennis


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