wilhelm Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 The plastic cover on my early M-6 is slick, and has a slightly oily tacticle sensation, although it is actually dry. I've just been told that current M-6 has reverted to the traditional old Vulcanite which gave such excellent grip. Any truth to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_chefurka2 Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 Not to the best of my knowlege. I handled a current M6TTL on the weekend and it had the same old covering. Sure you're not confusing this with the black paint versions that are floating around (Millenium, LHSA)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_veld Posted November 21, 2000 Share Posted November 21, 2000 The covering on the new TTL seems to be of a mildly different (smaller) pattern and has a slightly different feel, at least on my 1995 M6 compared to the new M6 TTL I recently purchased. Your description of the earlier M6 covering is pretty good. The M6 TTL covering seems slightly drier and a little bit harder. I don't know whether it is vulcanite though because looking at photos of older M2'S etc. they seem different again. I doubt whether the new cameras are vulcanite covered; it wouldn't seem like a sensible economic decision for Leica to make. But you never know. There could of course be variations in the different batches of the covering that Leica buys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_collier Posted November 22, 2000 Share Posted November 22, 2000 No. Even the new, old Leica O has a "durable artificial leatherette". <p> Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilhelm Posted November 22, 2000 Author Share Posted November 22, 2000 Well, I guess that's that. Too bad, it's use instead of slick leather was one of Oskar Barnak's best ideas (IMHO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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