Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] RE: M6 black paint/brassing
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:50:49 -0700

I'm going to delete this post from Mark as quickly as I can...

sigh!

Jim


At 03:55 PM 6/7/00 -0700, Mark E Davison wrote:
>I must confess, I am the happy new owner of an LHSA M6 TTL black paint
>model. I've been using it for a week now, putting about 5 rolls of film
>through it. No signs of brassing.
>
>Kudos to Bill Rosauer for keeping the cost down by selling the bodies alone,
>rather than commerative sets.
>
>I love the look of this camera. I bought a regular black chrome M6TTL as a
>back-up. The two are functionally identical, but the cosmetics of the two
>are light-years apart. For those of you who know guns, the standard black
>chrome matte finish reminds me of a sturdy parkerized military  gun, the
>black paint model like a hand built gun with beautiful blued metal barrel
>with engravings.
>
>To anyone who has ever waxed the finish on your car--you know in your heart
>that cosmetics can be important for reasons that cannot be justified
>functionally.