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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Marc Small's statement that M6 is best built M camera
From: grduprey@rockwellcollins.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:01:56 -0500

Yes but then you ruin the ergonomics and raise the height by 10mm and ruin
the esthetic look...

Gene



                                                                                                                                            
                      Jerry Lehrer                                                                                                          
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Feli

Put an MR-4 meter on your M2 and the shutter speed dial grows
as if it were on Viagra. End of problem.

Jerry

Feli di Giorgio wrote:

> On Sunday, Jul 27, 2003, at 20:32 US/Pacific, JCB wrote:
>
> > I have an M3, M2, and M6's. The M6 Classic is my choice of the best M
> > camera. I have the M6 rangefinder adjusting tool so it costs me
> > nothing to re-align my M6 RF. And that seems to not need doing but
> > maybe once every two or three years. The camera works, on a whole, as
> > well as the M2 & M3, takes more of a variety of lenses (with frame
> > lines) and includes a meter. After thousands of rolls of film, I've
> > never had an M6 break. I believe that Ted will also testify to the
> > heartiness of an M6. Cow sh** and all.
> >
> > JB
>
> I have an M2 and a M6TTL. In my opinion the M2 has the better finder
> and the M6TTL much better ergonomics and the built in meter/TTL flash
> is a hard to beat. I once got to use an M6 and hated the small shutter
> speed dial, which unlike the large one on the TTL, I found difficult to
> adjust while trying to make a shot. Maybe the perfect M is a black
> paint M6TTL with the MP finder and M2 framelines...
>
> feli
>
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