Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] loading M6
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:18:13 -0700
 
Jim Laurel wrote:
> 
> I think the rationale for loading this way was to get better structural
> rigidity in the camera body.  As I understand it, this was the most logical
> design, given the available materials of the time the M cameras were
> originally created.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernard [mailto:5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 12:00 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] loading M6
> 
> Lee, Jonathan wrote:
> 
> > Is there a reason why Leica continues to load from the bottom?
> 
> Tradition. People just love a bit of tradition.

Isn't it a die cast deal instead of punched out?
Mark Rabiner