M4-P flush glass?

[Omaroo]

Hi all

I'm new to Leicas, and am doing a whole pile of research - which one tends to do when it's all new to them

Anyway - I've just bought an M4-P in brilliant condition from a friend of mine, with serial number 1621778 - which according to http://cameraquest.com/mtype.htm places it within the 15th April, 1983 batch.

Now - according to http://www.cameraquest.com/m4pm6.htm mine should have been built prior to the stage where the swap to the newer zinc header and M6-style flush glass took place - so should it, by all rights, have a brass top and recessed features?

May I ask - is this what you'd refer to as "flush" glass?

 

[thomasw_]

Well yours is clearly one of the later M4-Ps with a zinc top and the smaller 50mm frame lines. I believe the SNs in the 162xxxx range often possess characteristics of earlier and later M4-Ps, but yours is for sure one which has the later M4-P characteristics. It is simply a question of specimen variation.

Here are some pics of my M4-P and it has the earlier characteristics.

 

[coelacanth]

Yes, that is newer, M6 style top plate with flush window.

Edit: Thomas was quicker and more thorough. I blame my iPhone typing.

 

[Omaroo]

Thanks for the quick replies gentlemen!

Hmmm... so it's an anomaly of some kind? I'm not sure whether this is good or not! LOL

If you happen to have an M4-P with M6 windows, please email me the serial #, as well as stating whether its black, chrome, "Panda," single or duel sync posts. I will be equally interested if you have a M4-P in the serial #'s listed below which is NOT M6 windows.

Thanks, Stephen Gandy

Does anyone have Stephen's email address, or is this info not really interesting to anyone now?

EDIT: Found it - message sent, thanks