Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re:M4 variants
From: john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)
Date: Sun Dec 24 09:36:24 2006

> Not the M4, M4-2 and M4-p. The latter two models were the newer generation 
> bodies with completely different finders, new framelines and alloy top 
> covers, not brass like the previous years' M's. Basically they are M6's 
> without meters. 

This is incorrect.  All M4-2s and almost all M4-Ps have brass covers.  Only 
the end of the M4-P production run converted to zinc alloy covers with flush 
windows, like the M6.

The early M4-2 finders are identical in every respect to the M4 finder.  The 
M4-2 finder was then converted to the version also used in the M4-P and M6, 
which can be subject to flare.

The M4-P was the first to add framelines for the 28mm and 75mm lens.  The 
M4-2 had only 35, 50, 90 and 135 framelines, like the M4.

John

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