Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hexar RF/M7
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:04:06 +1000

B. D. Colen wrote:

> With all this talk about M7s with all sorts of added high tech features, and
> plastic entry level Ms, DR. BLACKTAPE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER...
>
> ...Why Leica doesn't think about introducing an M6B, same camera without any
> electronics what so ever, and perhaps with fewer frame lines. No meter. No
> TTL flash. Essentially an M4. It would have to be hundreds of dollars less
> expensive than the M6TTL, would provide current M users with a terrific
> second body, particularly one on which to mount 21, 24 and 28 mm lenses, as
> well as providing a less expensive, but equally high quality, point of entry
> for would-be Leica users.

Well, there you are. This makes sense for one side of the equation.

Regards, Horst Schmidt