Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc wrote: >Don > >The short answer is that none of us know, that this information is >contained only in the engineering documents at Solms, which ARE, after all, >proprietary, and that the only manner in which any of us can acquire is >information is for one of us to sacrifice their M6 on the altar of >Scientific Truth and Artistic Purity. Sorry, Marc, but I beg to differ. There is another way: a Star Trek Tricaptor. I bought one of these for a few pounds a while back, and have found it to be amazingly useful. I am surprised that so few people possess these. Anyway, I have analysed my M6 and can give a definitive list of all the non-metallic parts: Outer overdrive gland packing shell cover, Watertight stuffing material in overdrive gland packing, Lower underbox clinker collector guard, Primary insulation of main Tesla coils, Interstellar charge collector in the Wimshurst Declension Engine, Imitation Naugahide outer cover. All other parts are metal, some of them heavy, others thrash. The shutter is woven from prehensile magnesium-linolium alloy wire. I must say that I was rather disappointed to find that so many crucial parts were not made of metal, and have not been able to take any good photographs with the M6 since. (I never took any before, now I know why) I hope that this clears up this most important point. Could somebody now enlighten us about the country (or planet) of origin of these parts? We need to know. I hope that none are made on the lost planet of Canadus. That would be the last straw. Oh yes, I forgot to mention: the rewind spindle coupling dog is made of straw. Sincerely Er I K Bunuel