Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen wrote: > With all this talk about M7s with all sorts of added high tech features, and > plastic entry level Ms, DR. BLACKTAPE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER... > > ...Why Leica doesn't think about introducing an M6B, same camera without any > electronics what so ever, and perhaps with fewer frame lines. No meter. No > TTL flash. Essentially an M4. It would have to be hundreds of dollars less > expensive than the M6TTL, would provide current M users with a terrific > second body, particularly one on which to mount 21, 24 and 28 mm lenses, as > well as providing a less expensive, but equally high quality, point of entry > for would-be Leica users. Well, there you are. This makes sense for one side of the equation. Regards, Horst Schmidt