Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6HM vs M6J , the complete (?) story !
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:41:11 -0500

Right on Jeff!  I waited for decades for Leica to build the M6J and then they
screwed it up.  I would have paid a $1K premium for one over an M6.  Now they don't
dare fix the problem because it would kill the value of the M6J for those who
bought one.

Bud

Jeff Moore wrote:

> Dammit!  That just makes me angry all over again that the M6J was produced (and
> thus priced) as a collectible rather than a user.  Sure, the HM gives us the
> higher magnification.  But the M6J looks the way an M should, while happening
> to have a meter.  I wanted one when it came out, I still want one, and I
> couldn't and can't justify the inflated price.  Dammit.
>
>  -Jeff Moore <jbm@instinet.com>