[Leica] Re: slotted battery cover

[Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>]

At 05:00 PM 11/13/00 +0800, apbbeijing wrote:
>Hi Robert,
>
>If it is any comfort the slotted battery cover for the M6 is not a regular
>production item and I am told that fewer than 100 have been produced (as of
>last month - and this was the communication/PR division at Solms who told me
>this). I have 6 of these including what was described as a prototype
>(indistinguishable to my untrained eyes!). They are not catalogued nor are
>they regularly stocked by any Leica distributor 

Here in the US, they seem to be a production item, readily available, with
a part number 442-299-805-009 and are $20.

So I don't see why they are not available anywhere else???

Mine are black.

Jim