[Leica] Re: New Zeiss Ikon

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

But if you remember the M2 was originally sold as a stripped down 
cheaper M3, quite a bit cheaper too, like S3 to SP Nikon. The auto 
resetting counter was removed and a simpler less accurate cheaper to 
make rangefinder was fitted (which people liked because a wider angle 
of view went with the simplification).
Frank

On 4 Oct, 2004, at 20:26, B. D. Colen wrote:

> And I would hardly call the M2 a stripped down entry level M. ;-) The
> only real down-market M mount camera Leica produced was the CL, and 
> that
> was, as much fun as it was, far too removed from the "real" M family to
> serve the purpose of intro-M.
>
>
>
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> Frank Dernie
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: New Zeiss Ikon
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>
> Yes, but they only sold half the quantity of M2s compared to M3s.
>
> On 4 Oct, 2004, at 17:36, <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Wasn't that the M2 ;-)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote on 04.10.2004, 16:10:26:
>>> I was indeed thinking SP, Karen - and everyone else. The S3 was a
>>> stripped down SP - the kind of entry level camera Leica should have
>>> produced.....
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