[rollei_list] Re: "different types of black boxes" (was: OT / prove it !)
- From: FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 07:42:35 +0100 (BST)
Leica sold more than twice as many M3s than M2s. The
rangefinder on the M2 is cheaper to make but less
accurate than the M3 type and is certainly popular
nowadays. Whether the M2 rangefinder was the one they
continued with from M4 onwards because it was cheaper
or more popular is debatable but the the M2 was not
more popular than M3 if numbers sold is the criterion.
Frank
--- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:22 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: "different types of black
> boxes"
> (was: OT / prove it !)
>
>
> > Richard,
> >
> > I was always told the most sturdy of all the
> leicas was
> > the M3. Now I
> > have not worked on cameras so I can say nothing of
> the
> > internals, but
> > I have heard over the years that this was the main
> reason,
> > and
> > something about the viewfinder don't remember what
>
> > exactly, was the
> > reason later Ms were not as popular. Not sure how
> true
> > this may be,
> > but it is what I remember hearing years ago.
> >
> > Peter K
> >
> I think the M3 was not as popular as the M2, at
> least
> among photojournalists, because the built in finder
> did not
> have a mask for 35mm lenses, which are frequently
> used by
> PJs. AFAIK, both the M3 and M2 are very rugged and
> reliable
> cameras. The M4, as has been mentioned here, has too
> many
> adjustments. An electronic designer friend says
> "anything
> adjustable is, by definition, out of adjustment."
> Otherwise
> the M4 has nice features. Rangefinder/viewfinder of
> the M
> series is much more complicated than those on the
> screw
> mount cameras. I've never worked on one but just the
>
> drawings would put me off.
> My one and only personal Leica is a IIIC, which
> is in
> need of a new shutter curtain. Eventually I will
> have the
> time and inspiration to devote to this. Meanwhile I
> have my
> Nikon F for snapshots.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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