[Leica] RE: Cosina still at it

["Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>]

There's an interesting comparison of the M6 and Konica rangefinder in the
latest Leica magazine. In one example both the M6 and Hexar bodies were used
with the same lens. The M6 photo appeared to be more sharp. That was stated
in the article. I make no assumptions regarding the objectivity of this
comparision. I just find it a bit interesting. Food for though, at least.

It reminded me of a discussion years ago on the old Compuserve Photoforum.
The gist of it was that somebody packed some M bodies very tightly in a
suitcase. After much handling photographs taken with those bodies were not
as sharp. I had something to do with the alignment of the film plane. I
scoffed thinking it was nonsense. M bodies are built pretty well, after all.
But more and more examples were presented by people whom I trust know what
they're talking about. I don't discount such things as quickly as I used to.
OTOH, it's really difficult sometimes to separate fact from fiction. But
hey, isn't that what the LUG is for :-)

Dave