Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Marc Small's statement that M6 is best built M camera
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 12:46:14 -0400

There is no way one an contend that an M6 is as well made a photographic
instrument as the M3 - consider the degradation of the rangefinder is
nothing else. ;-) However, when compared to everything else out there,
the M6 is still one damn well built camera.

B. D.

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve
LeHuray
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:04 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Marc Small's statement that M6 is best built M
camera


> Hi Chandos:
> 
> What I meant to say was that the M4-P and M4-2 were not the equal in 
> build of the M4. That is not my experience as I have not ever owned or

> used either. My comment was based upon information provided byg 
> experienced LHSA people who had used both extensively. In fact, I 
> believe Roy Moss, past President and former editor-in-chief of 
> VIEWFINDER wrote an article detailing the ways in which they both fell

> short of the M4.
> 
> Seth           LaK 9
> 

...yeah, but Seth, Roy was notoriously conservative in any tolerance
towards change with Leica models. Personnaly I have M2s, M3, M6TTLs and
they are equally well made IMHO. Some people have complained that the M6
has some plastic parts compared to the M2/3/4 metal parts -- plastic? so
what? There are plastic parts on the space shuttle and the Corvette body
is plastic.

Regards,

sl

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