Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M4 is one of the ones that Leitz was chided to make after making the decision to stop production of the M4. They built 1000 more for the American market. Anodized instead of black paint (Wetzlar). When I think back, the whole thing was stupid. They had just given out the 75 year model of M4 and (I think) M5. Why celebrate something you were going to dump? Maybe they never intended to dump them. I was working at a camera store at the time. I don't ever remember news saying that Leitz was going to discontinue the M series. I only remember the M4. The M5 was still alive and kicking. I left that world in 1976 so it might have been afterwards. I wasn't a real good groupie and didn't follow the gossip very much. (Nice thing about Leicas. I'm still using my original ones and have yet seen anything to justify "upgrading"). Daniel On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Rei > > I think, that by 1976, Leitz had built a few M type cameras that could > have accepted that lens. > > Jerry > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > > bringing us back to the age of disco... > > > > in 1975 when leica dropped the M-line completely, was the intent > > at that time to retool to build the M4-2 in canada in 1977, or was that idea > > an afterthought? and why did they release the fabulous f1.0 noctilux in 1976 > > when they had no camera with which to use it? > > > > -rei > > > > -- > > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > > -- > > 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