Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]JH Hmmm? Can you or someone out there tell me the differences 'tween a Millennium and an MP? Besides the engraving on top. Jerry James Harrison wrote: > Friday I received a M6 Blackpaint Millennium plus two lenses with the same > serial number..It has the same rewind knob as my MP. I don't have to shoot > professionally anymore and enjoy the retro feeling these cameras give me. > jh > > > [Original Message] > > From: Ken Wilcox <klw.51@comcast.net> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Cc: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> > > Date: 9/21/2003 6:28:31 PM > > Subject: [Leica] Re: Who does Leica Listen to? > > > > I find the knob on my MP to be superior to the crank on my M6. The > > tiny crank knob tends to slip out my hand at least once during a > > rewind. I then have to add several turns to take up the slack again. > > The MP knob is nearly as fast and if I let go it doesn't allow the > > film to spin slack. I also have no doubt that it is more sturdy than > > the crank. My M6 crank was damaged, incapacitating the camera by a > > drop of less than two feet onto carpet. > > > > Ken Wilcox > > > > At 9:59 AM -0600 9/21/03, John Collier wrote: > > >Somebody was asking for a return to knob rewind??!! On this list??!! > > >Lowering the top plate back down sure but KNOB REWIND!! > > > > > >John Collier > > > > > >On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 09:28 AM, James Harrison wrote: > > > > > >> > > >>Leica also listened when they designed the MP..jh > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > > Ken Wilcox > > Rescue a Greyound! Call 1.800.GO HOUND > > klw.51 at comcast.net or > > visit www.rescuegrayhounds.com > > -- > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html