Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mitch Alland wrote: >> Head says M7....heart says (with a loud insistend beat) MP. > > > I looked at a black MP in a store: first, the retrograde rewind knob is > absurd; second, the black lacquer looks pretty but its glossiness > attracts much more attention to the camera than the black chrome of the > M6 which defeats the purpose of the camera being black in the first > place; also the lacquer shows fingerprints encouraging frequent cleaning > with a cloth -- perfect for fondlers. > > As for the M7, I would be attracted to only if it had shutter speeds > faster than 1/1000th. > > So, I'll stick with my two M6s although when I get to the States at the > end of the month I'm having Sherry Krauter do a CLA on my Wetzlar M6 > purchased in 1988 because it has (occasionally) a light leak -- a > problem that apparently Sherry has seen on many M6s. My Solms M6 does > not have this problem. It amazes me that Leica should have been > producing camera bodies that are subject to light leaks! What kind of light leak are you talking about? I've certainly never heard of this being a general issue. 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