Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Handbook of the Leica System 9/95, pg 4-8 Camera body: .... 0.8 mm zinc diecast camera top and 0.8 mm brass baseplate.... SNIP For the Leica M6 titanium version: camera top of 0.8 mm brass... I have other sources too but this was the closest to hand. As others have pointed out the last of the regular production M6 TTL cameras also had brass tops. John Collier On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 05:40 PM, Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Why don't we agree with you, John. That way my fingers can rest from > typing > @leicacamerausa.com! > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Collier > > Your source has forgotten that the Titanium finished M6 cameras all had > brass top plates as did many of the Special Ed cameras -- such as the > platinum, gold, etc cameras. There are far too many Special Eds to list > but Stephen Gandy lists most of them: > > http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm > > I doubt that all the Special Ed cameras have brass tops just the ones > with difficult plating requirements. > > On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Kit McChesney | acmefoto > wrote: > >> I am >> going to say that the only M6's that had solid brass tops (rather than >> zinc >> alloy) were the LHSA's. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html