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Subject: [Leica] M7/MP only 5% of US Leica Sales...
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:03:04 -0700
References: <C7D7991B.605AD%mark@rabinergroup.com>

>>>  Feel free to delete without reading.
>>>
>>>  [Rabs]
>>>  Mark William Rabiner
>>>
>>>
>>
>>  :-) Now, now, Mark! I'm not going to stop reading your opinions. :-)
>
>
>Leica's I have not used
>But will freely express my opinions on:
>
>Leica CL / Leitz Minolta CL
>Leica M1
>Leica M2
>Leica M3
>Leica M4
>Leica MD
>Leica MD-2
>Leica M4-2
>Leica M4-P
>Leica M6J
>Leica M7
>Leica MP
>Leica M8 (see "Digital")
>Leica M9
>Leica M chronology
>[edit]
>SLR
>Leicaflex (1964-68)
>Leicaflex SL and SL Mot (1968-74)
>Leicaflex SL2 and SL2 Mot (1974-76)
>Leica R3 and R3 Mot (1976-79)
>Leica R4 mot electronic
>Leica R4
>Leica R4s
>Leica R4s-2 (R4s-P in North America)
>Leica R5
>Leica R-E
>Leica R6
>Leica R6.2
>Leica R7
>Leica R8
>Leica R9
>Leica 0, preseries ("null serie")
>Leica A (fixed lens)
>Leica B (only model w/ leaf shutter)
>Screw-mount lens
>Leica C non-standardized (requires lens shims)
>Leica C standardized = Leica I
>Leica D = Leica II (first type w/ built-in [[rangefinder
>(device)|rangefinder])
>Leica E = Leica Standard = Leica I (improved standardized C)
>Leica F = Leica III (like II but with slow speeds on frontal dial)
>Leica IIIb (rfdr. and viewer windows close together)
>Leica IIIc (die cast body, slightly longer)
>Leica IIc (die cast body like IIIc, otherwise similar to Leica II)
>Leica Ic (has two accessory shoes, die cast body similar to IIc but without
>rangefinder)
>Leica IIf (no slow speed dial, but other improvements like IIIf)
>Leica If (has two accessory shoes, die cast body similar to IIf but without
>rangefinder)
>Leica IIIg (change in body configuration to facilitate manufacture)
>Leica 250 Reporter (has huge film magazines)
>Leica half-frame (version of IIIc, and was built in Canada)
>Leica Digilux
>Leica Digilux Zoom
>Leica Digilux 4.3
>Leica Digilux 1
>Leica Digilux 3
>Leica C-Lux 1
>Leica C-Lux 2
>Leica D-Lux
>Leica D-Lux 3
>Leica D-Lux 4
>Leica V-Lux 1
>Leica X1
>Leica M9
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>[Rabs]
>Mark William Rabiner
>
>



So I take it you've either used or will express no opinion on the 
MD-a? or the Ig? Don't have the Ig anymore, but still have the MD-a.


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