Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/6/00 9:34:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, belinkoff@earthlink.net writes: << Does anyone know at what point the M4-P adopted the zinc top plate? Was that about the same time as the changeover to the M6 type finder? >> You have to differentiate between the finder and the "windows", which on later M4P's were the same as those on the M6 - not at all recessed but flush. That probably indicates that the M6 top plate, or something very much like it, was being used, most likely zinc. The finder was always similar to that of the M6, except that a modification was made, apparently earlier than the top plate switchover, to the finder, which evidently both enhanced contrast and made the finder more susceptible to flare. I have read that the mod involved removal of a condenser from the light path to the patch. This info might even be somewhere in the LUG Archives. Joe Sobel