Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, thanks for this, I shall rest easy that Jonathan got it right then. My reason for disputing this was that having owned worn copies of the M5, M4-2 and M4-P, I found they all exhibited that silvery colour underneath the black chrome when worn, it was my presumption that that was zinc. Apologies to JE's reputation here. A further point to make note of bearing in mind one of the criticisms of his previous book where it could be read that he thought the metering angle changed when using the preview lever. There is an excellent page full of diagrams illustrating the metering areas relative to the scene in the viewfinder for all lenses (from 21mm to 135mm) for both M6s, HM and normal. It looks like Leica's work so I may have missed this in one of their publications previously. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: John Collier [SMTP:jbcollier@home.com] Sent: 09 May 2000 17:31 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M6 TTL Handbook: brass top plate clarification Thank you for an excellent review of Eastland's latest M book. The top plate was brass on the M5, M4-2, and most of the M4-P production. When the M6 came out, the M4-P then used the zinc composite M6 top plate. This camera can be identified by its flush M6 style rangefinder windows and single pc flash socket. > From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> > > One could mention a couple of small quibbles, on p.6 it's suggested that > the M cameras up to, and including, the M4-P had brass top plates, but this > stopped with the M4 excepting titanium editions of the M6.