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

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Subject: [Leica] Re:M4 variants
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sun Dec 24 10:27:59 2006

This last body was also available in chrome... very handsome.....

But, yes, the M6 is the best buy out there for a user.... it has less years 
on it, if you do not want  the meter function you just
do not put in a battery, and they go for a relative pittance ( 1/2 or less) 
compared to newer M7 and M8 cameras......

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net 

The M4-P introduced 28mm and 75mm framelines.  It is generally regarded as 
better made than the M4-2.  Whether that is really true
or true only because it didn't have the early problems that the M4-2 had, I 
don't know.  Very late M4-Ps had zinc alloy top covers,
like the M6, with flush windows.  It is essentially an M6 without a meter.

IMO M6s are a better user than any of these and recent pricing is very good 
on M6s, but YMMV.  

Season's cheer
John Newell



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