Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: older bodies, was: Martins and Leicas
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:24:45 -0400 (EDT)
 
Dirt & goo can lubricate and silence!

Dante

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Tim Spragens wrote:

> On 24 Oct 00, at 10:21, Douglas Cooper wrote:
> 
> > Oh, and speaking of Leicas, there really is no comparison between the feel of my M3 DS and my M4-P.  The older body is much
> > quieter as well.  And the M4-P is considerably quieter than the M6 I recently checked out at Tamarkin.
> 
> My M4-2 is much smoother than my M6, one from '78, the other 
> from '88. Do they just need a long wear-in? Might the praise of the 
> M3's just be because they've been around long enough to mesh 
> properly?
>