Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Japanese special edition of new Leica M
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 16:22:00 -0700

Apparently it is a special ed for the Japanese market, hence the 
subject line, so Leica USA would not be issuing any info about it to 
their dealers.

John Collier

On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 03:30 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> John
>
> OK, I'll accept that, but what does or recent "besserwisser" in
> Colorado say?  She appears to have a line to the inside gen on
> what's new.
>
> Jerry
>
> John Collier wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> That is the only picture I am aware of to date. This is a real "MP 6"
>> not a cobbled together fake. The people giving us the details are not
>> rumor mongers but people who are connected and have been reliable in
>> the past. As far as I am concerned, if they say that is what is 
>> coming,
>> it is. You are of course free to disagree. My only disappointment is
>> that it does sound like it is going to be yet another special ed.
>>
>> John Collier
>>
>> On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 02:24 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> My dear fellow, Have you never seen an M6 Millennium?  That
>>> has the M2/3 rewind knob and the battery compartment, does
>>> it not?  Of course in the view shown, I can see neither the film
>>> advance lever nor the shutter speed dial.  Others have remarked
>>> on those features, though.
>>>
>>> And yes, I have looked again.  Is there a browser that will show
>>> another view?
>>>
>>> I would appreciate your response
>>>
>>> John Collier wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you look again you will see that it is not an M6.
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 12:08 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I could not find that camera on it, but I did see a phony MP6 (an
>>>>> M6 with a black Leicavit).
>>>>>
>>>>> I am certain that DAG could make one up also.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lucien wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Small picture on Nippon Camera magazine website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <http://www.nippon-camera.com/zassi/z0303/0303.html>
>>
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