Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re:M4 variants
From: john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)
Date: Sun Dec 24 11:53:14 2006

> the M4-2 has that black "paint" 
> which looks more like the latter generation paint on the M6 than the heavy 
> black paint on the early bodies. 

The M4-2s and later (except special limited edition black paint runs, pardon 
the pun) should be black chrome which is "thinner" than the black enamel 
found on some M4s (there are also black chrome M4s, IIRC...books 
downstairs).  

> A friend of mine had an M4-2 with the 
> added framelines of the M6 as well, and I thought that was the body 
> version 
> where the viewfinder was updated to the current one. He must have had the 
> M6 finder put in during repair. 

That can be done...and the newest back-to-the-future "flare-free" (should we 
say reduced flare?) finders can be put into earlier M6s, M4-Ps and 
M4-2s...you can get quite a bit of "finder LEGO" done if you are willing to 
pay for the parts and labor...

John