[Leica] Black paint M6TTL, no thanks

[Rob Schneider-Laura Tully <robslaurat@earthlink.net>]

Emanuel Lowi wrote:

> For those who pooh-pooh the black paint M6 as another Franklin Mint
> gimmick from
> Leica, let's remember that the first Leica and virtually every model
> up to the M4 was
> offered in this finish. I for one applaud Solms' return to something
> so basic in the
> Leica tradition and hope this marks a more general shift towards
> Barnackian
> principles
>
If this were actually the case, then surely Leica would make this a
regular catalog option rather than a specially numbered, limited
edition of 2000.  Plus if it's really for users not collectors, why
put on the old-fashioned M3 advance lever in place of the wonderful
M4-M6 advance.

They may have removed the M6 engraving, but I bet they didn't get rid
of the big red bug eye on the front of the camera, so it's still not a
perfect stealth Leica either.  For me, the perfect M6 would a black
one, chrome or paint, that looked like a black M4 -- no words or logos
on the front, no need for black tape.

Rob Schneider