Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:42 PM 11/28/2000 -0800, Stephen Gandy wrote: >having the majority of the M6 produced in Portugal is news. it's not generally known, and it >certainly is not advertised by Leica. the majority issue is far different than selected >components. but of course, you are a lecturer for the Leica school -- right ? perhaps it's >old news to you, but not to me. perhaps you can tell me when the majority of M6 production >switched to Portugal. I believe that the majority of the M camera guts began to be sub-contracted or produced in Portugal around 1986, when production ceased at Wetzlar. Leica has never attempted to hide this fact, and it is discussed in most of the standard books on the M system. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!