Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: older bodies, was: Martins and Leicas
From: "Tim Spragens" <info@borderless-photos.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:17:31 +0200
 
On 24 Oct 00, at 10:21, Douglas Cooper wrote:

> Oh, and speaking of Leicas, there really is no comparison between the feel of my M3 DS and my M4-P.  The older body is much
> quieter as well.  And the M4-P is considerably quieter than the M6 I recently checked out at Tamarkin.

My M4-2 is much smoother than my M6, one from '78, the other 
from '88. Do they just need a long wear-in? Might the praise of the 
M3's just be because they've been around long enough to mesh 
properly?
Replies: Reply from "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: older bodies, was: Martins and Leicas)