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Subject: [Leica] M6 and MP differences?
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Ming Thein)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 08:12:43 +0800
References: <2D9ABD4D-469F-4437-B994-0D1EE67AB9CB@gmail.com> <05C9BD64-9CC2-4721-8C0D-14F65890C17B@telefonica.net> <20090530235429.GA22292@panix.com>

I'm looking for scotch tape now...the finder on my M8 is quite  
noticeably better when it comes to flare.

Thein Onn Ming
Sent from my iPhone

On May 31, 2009, at 7:54, Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> wrote:

> yes, i forgot that with the m6 classic 85 you definitely can get
> vf flare.  i save a great deal of $ not doing the upgrade by sticking
> one of those polarized squares over the vf window.  i hear scotch
> tape works OK too.
>
> -rei
>
>
> On May31 00:32, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>> Hi Ming,
>>
>> You have already mentionned the big differences, the MP Viewfinder is
>> really better, my MP os 0,85x as well my M6TTL and I've sand this  
>> one to
>> Solms yo upgrade the VF to the MP. I prefer the MP than the M6TTL,  
>> it's a
>> little smaller and compact on your hands, the speeds turns like on  
>> the
>> M's and I prefer the rewind know M3 style. IMO there is something
>> differenton the M6TTL and MP than on the M6, this one is a litle more
>> quiter. The cover plate of the MP is brass, as it was on the M3.  
>> Even so,
>> the better finder I've found on Leica is the M3, even the MP 0,85x  
>> with
>> the magnifier 1,25x is not the same for me.
>>
>> The M6TTL is a camera maybe a little hybrid for me in between an M6  
>> and
>> M7 and I've never liked it very much.
>>
>> Good luck!
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>> El 30/05/2009, a las 12:35, Thein Onn Ming escribi?:
>>
>>> Quick question for you experts - are there any significant  
>>> differences
>>> between the M6TTL and the MP other than no TTL flash on the MP, RF
>>> flare fix, and the rewind knob?
>>>
>>> THEIN Onn Ming
>>> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com
>>> www.flickr.com/mingthein
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> -- 
> Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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