Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What it SHOULD offer is a street price several hundred dollars lower than an M6, based on their original differential in price. For us dinosaurs who don't use the meter much anyway. If you think we're few in number, track the increasing prices of Nikon standard eyelevel finders and clean user M4s...not the "minty" ones, the "user" price... those are going to photographers, many/most of whom use cine type incident meters. (Sekonic, Spectra, Minolta, etc.) No disputing anything you said, tho.....when I bought my latest body (an M4P), I thought about spending the additional $4-500 for a "minty" M6, and opted to keep the money in my pocket...there was no financial "need" as I only bought yet another camera because I came into about $3000 unexpectedly...!!!!... The additional money will probably find it's way to Stephen Gandy for a Cosina 21 f4--!!! Thanks, Walt On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:54:29 -0400 Robert Schneider <robslaurat@earthlink.net> wrote: > Walt in Denton wrote: > > > > > > I think the issue would be about how many different parts are > > required to > > > make an M4P and an M6. What's the overlap between the two. > > > > 100%....a late M4P >>IS<< an M6 with metering removed....it couldn't > > possibly > > cost more than a different box....It could be special ordered by > > dealers at > > $300 below the M6 and would HAVE to be profitable....I'll admit that > > FEW would > > choose it, but there ARE a large number of "traditionalists", and > > probably a > > large percentage of LEICANUTS fit the category....Imagine--a > > black-enamel M4P > > with a rapidwinder (which Leica should license from Tom A.)---for > > $1500-1800 US... > > You wouldn't be able to get enough of them!!! > > (I really don't > > > know the answer to this.) If having a very different parts inventory > > is > > > required then the costs can rise very quickly. > > NO DIFFERENT PARTS---100% overlap!!! > > > I must be missing something here. If the desire is for a "modern," > all-mechanical (i.e., no meter) M, why not get an M6 and take the > battery out? Instant M4-P. The LEDs are invisible unless powered. > Granted, the flash circuitry in an M6TTL won't work without power, but > so what, as everyone knows that flash circuitry was put in Leica cameras > by mistake and should never be used. If for some cockamamie reason you > insist on having flash capability, a plain old "classic" M6, sans > battery, will trigger a flash just fine. If the lure of the 1980s is > too strong, just plug up that battery compartment with a wad of chewing > gum or something. > > What does an M4-P offer that a battery-less M6 doesn't? > > Rob Schneider > > NO ARCHIVE > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html