Ben Z
Veteran
Harry Lime said:Keep the MP. It's the smoother, better made camera. You're going to have spend an additional $200 on the M6 to get the flare fix upgrade applied to the rangefinder (the MP already has this upgrade).
Interesting. I have an early Wetzlar M6 (completely overhauled) and a very late one (just before the TTL), and the late one has much smoother winding, like the MP I used to have--and my M4. As to the finder and the "better made", I occasionally get the patch white-out but it's my signal I don't have the camera squared to my eye. I haven't bothered with the upgrade and don't plan to. I also have an M4 and had the MP so I do understand there's a difference. As to the MP finder being brighter I didn't find that, in fact I found it a little dimmer (and bluer) than the M4 or M6. But even if I were to get the finder upgraded my M6 would sill net at $1000 less than what I paid for my MP demo back before the new prices shot up to $3500. And I had to seal up my MP's eyepiece with automotive silicone to keep that flare-free finder also dust and dirt-free😡
That said my main reason for the switch was to avail myself of 2 bodies for the price of one. Otherwise I probably would've kept the MP.
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