Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/06

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Proposal: M6 Classic
From: jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 16:55:00 +0000

Bert Keuken wrote...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I propose we call the old one "M6 Classic". Why Classic? As mentioned
before ,the camera has been around since 1984 and by today's standards
that's a very long time, it deserves the classification Classic by now I
reckon.
Do you agree or disagree?
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Disagree,
But only because I think Leica could have done the job better for us in the 
first place. If the M3 became the M2 because of a difference in design 
(largely related to the viewing window, but other factors as well) then why 
Leica couldn't have named the M6.85 the M7 I don't know, even M6a would have 
been preferable.
It would be easier to find a better user name for the new camera rather than 
re-name the old one, perhaps?
Jem