Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New M6 user
From: TEAShea@aol.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:12:24 EDT
 
<< The M6 is antiquated in many other aspects: there seems to be some 
 dialectical relationship between frustration and pleasure entailed by this. 
 I wish it was radically modernized. Most people on this mailing list feel 
 this would be an act of treason. >>

And the penalties are severe.  However, there is an underground.  Actually, I
wonder if Leica could keep the M6 as is and also introduce a somewhat (not
too) updated version with a metal mechanical focal plane shutter and TTL flash
system.

Tom Shea