Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Checking M6's authenticity
From: "Roy Zartarian" <royzart@connix.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:54:29 +0000
 
FWIW, Jeremy Whysall's article in _Viewfinder_ (3rd quarter 1997)
notes that the M6 does not have the wax seal that was a
characteristic of earlier M models.

Roy

On  1 Mar 98 at 16:25, TEAShea wrote:

> << his reason was that the topmost (and black)
>  screw which holds the lens flange does not have the famous scripted
>  L cast into the screw head. >>
> 
> None of the three M6's I have purchased in the last two months have
> this. They all have plain screws.
> 
> Tom Shea
>