[Leica] m4-p rangefinder adjustment / realignment in Chicago?

[grduprey at rockwellcollins.com (grduprey@rockwellcollins.com)]

As I said before, Normal Business Practice - Done all the time.



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Well let's see:

Last run of the M4-P had top-plate with M6 windows--including the silvered
strip which is of absolutely no use on the non-metered body.  Leica
economizing
or pumping good money into a soon-to-be-discontinued model?  I say the
former,
you will no doubt disagree.

Last run of M6TTL have brass top plates and blank enclosure inside where M7

DX contacts go, and M7-style pressure-plate with 4 attaching screws.  Leica

economizing or pumping good money into a soon-to-be-discontinued model?  I
say
the former, you will no doubt disagree.

First run of M7 have identical rangefinder mechanism to M6TTL, but as soon
as
MP goes into production less than a year later, it switches to MP
mechanism.
Leica using up parts or -- well, there is no "or" unless you believe in
Santa
Claus and the Easter Bunny.

First run of MP have identical filmspeed dial to M6TTL, but in very short
order changed to less-complicated and less sure-locking type similar to
that on
M7 minus exposure compensation.  Leica using up parts or -- well, there is
no
"or" unless you believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

There is a very clear distinction between a manufacturer making changes
during a long product life, versus using up parts from the old model at the

beginning of the new, or switching to some parts from an upcoming model at
the very
end of the old.  The latter, from a business perspective, would be lunacy
if it
were done for any other reason than economy.  Pretty stupid to re-tool for
a
product about to be discontinued, unless the retooling costs were expected
to
be amortized over the new model.
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