Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don writes: Also, what part of the M-6 is better made from plastic? - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- Off the top of my head I can think of two parts that are better or at least as good in plastic than in metal: The "user interface :-)" at the end of the film advance lever (more comfortable in plastic) and the guard around the lens release button (who cares if it is made in plastic). Not everything has to be made in metal. My Nikon F has lots of plastic in it, film take up and sproket spools for example, and it is still plugging along just fine even though its been dropped, smashed, banged, fried, frozen and otherwise abused. Jonathan Lee