Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember it. In fact I knew the gentleman (now deceased) who owned the very first one. It was, in fact, used to illustrate the owner's manual. Ken Wilcox At 12:38 AM -0700 8/27/03, Jerry Lehrer wrote: >Dennis > >Disenchant yourself. The main body of the M Leicas is a light metal >casting, (or extrusion) depending on the age of it's production. > >The last steel bodied camera I ever saw was the Detrola 400. How >many of you remember that camera? > >Jerry > >Dennis Painter wrote: > >> Jerry Lehrer wrote: >> >> > Marc >> > >> > Correct! The "cassette cylinder" was reduced in size because the wall >> > thickness of the chassis casting (or extrusion) was increased to make >> > a stronger camera. >> > >> > Jerry >> >> I don't think they needed to "make a stronger camera" I am not sure what is >> going on with the reduction but I doubt it was for strength. >> >> I don't think the body shell is a casting or extrusion, it's >>steel, or at least >> it was up through the M4s. There is a casting that fits inside the >>shell that >> holds all the shutter bits, etc. >> >> Dennis >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- __________________________________________________________________________________ Ken Wilcox Rescue a Greyound! Call 1.800.GO HOUND klw.51 at comcast.net or visit www.rescuegrayhounds.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html