Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tim Atherton wrote: >>Tim Atherton wrote: >> >> >>>Okay - am I wrong here. They've stopped making the M6 - correct? >>> >>>Now they're stopping making the M6TTL. >>> >>>So which is the mechanical M still going to be made? >> >><http://www.web.nshkk.co.jp/brands/leica/news/mp6.htm> >><http://www.nippon-camera.com/zassi/z0303/0303.html> >><http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=004b7o> >> > > Merely a one off special edition Lucien, as far as all can tell, - for all > intents and purposes Leica has stopped making a mechanical M camera as a > course of regular production - stop putting off your grieving Lucien, all > your hopes against hope won't prevent it... it will only hurt all the more > once your acts of denial can no longer hold up in the face of cold hard > reality... > > They'll probably keep making these little vanity models every now and then > as a money/prestige spinner as long as the tools and dies are all still > around and someone is willing to commission them. But the M mechanical > camera as a normal production model will soon be nothing more than a faint > memory :-) Tim, Wait until PMA and then you can decide whether it is just a special edition camera or not :-). Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html