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So many beautiful tools I use without knowing they are beautiful 😉.

🙃 Modest M6 HM (flaring VF sometimes)

 

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even "Zero Replica" is beautiful ...

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On 8/14/2022 at 6:39 AM, kivis said:

Black Chrome M-A?

or a Black Paint MP?

Neither. To me the most beautiful is the silver M-A. 😜

Of the black ones, I think the black paint looks better when it's clean, but the black chrome has the edge when you use it a lot, as it's more fingerprint-resistant.

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On 8/14/2022 at 12:39 AM, kivis said:

Black Chrome M-A?

or a Black Paint MP?

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Both black paint ! 🌞

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14 hours ago, JMF said:

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Both black paint ! 🌞

One of the early M-As where Leica's QC process missed that someone by mistake used the MP shutter speed dial.  The correct M-A dial does not have an Off position...

There is so little to check on this camera it is quite remarkable how stuff like this gets missed.  But as long as they stick in that little hand signed inspection card...

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3 minutes ago, Huss said:

One of the early M-As where Leica's QC process missed that someone by mistake used the MP shutter speed dial.  The correct M-A dial does not have an Off position...

There is so little to check on this camera it is quite remarkable how stuff like this gets missed.  But as long as they stick in that little hand signed inspection card...

This M-A left the factory as a regular black chrome camera !

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Just now, Huss said:

Did you also replace the bottom plate with one from a BP M-P?  Was the shutter speed dial also from an M-P?

Yes and yes . Ear lugs and counter dial from the M6 Millenium . 

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2 hours ago, JMF said:

Yes and yes . Ear lugs and counter dial from the M6 Millenium . 

IRRC the MP shutter speed dial needs some filing/tweaking to fit properly on a  M-A.

 

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I love the smell of black paint in the morning.   It smells of a hole in the bank account.

 

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On 8/16/2022 at 7:18 PM, a.noctilux said:

So many beautiful tools I use without knowing they are beautiful 😉.

🙃 Modest M6 HM (flaring VF sometimes)

 

 

even "Zero Replica" is beautiful ...

This camera to me is one of the most beautiful ones but I tried using it in the store and neither me nor the person selling it had a clue how to use it ahah 

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1 hour ago, shirubadanieru said:

I tried using it in the store and neither me nor the person selling it had a clue how to use it ahah

Do you mean Zero Replica ?

Yes, this is Special "mimic 1913 user type".

 

Not for everyone 😕.

Unlike later LTM Leica,

always keep the lens capped, remove the cap only for picture taking, no self capping mechanism in shutter blinds, yet

we must push down the shutter "speed" when the small red dot is aligned with the mark, having turned the knob half-way !

The markings are in width of shutter opening "millimeters", "2" = 1/500s ... "10" = 1/100s ..."50" = 1/20s

and so on 😁

have a read here ...

Wiki page

https://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_0_(2000)

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