Leica M6 TTL Black Paint Finish ( Millennium) | | |  |
How does one begin a new millennium? Certainly by looking back and reviewing the past. But also by looking ahead and by welcoming the new era with a lot of positive resolutions. These considerations apply to our company as well, and the turn of the millen
nium presents us with a great reason for celebration: It was 75 years ago, in the year 1925, that we publicly introduced the first LEItz CAmera - the LEICA - at the Leipzig Spring Fair. A compelling reason for creating something very special for friends a
nd collectors of the LEICA brand: a special limited series of 2000 LEICA M6 TTL cameras in classic black paint finish.
This camera makes our intentions evident at the very first glance: its deep black paint finish conjures a reminiscence of earlier LEI
CA cameras, and with frequent use over the years it will not only gain a lovely patina, but a special charisma as well. Individual elements, like the rapid film advance lever and the rewinding knob, are derived from the classic LEICA M3, while the technol
ogy inside the LEICA M6 TTL in black paint finish is, of course, based on the state-of-the-art standard of current M6 series production.
An additional engraving on the accessory shoe, starting with the number 0001/2000, documents the limited quantity in
this special edition, making each and every LEICA M6 TTL in black paint finish a genuinely unique treasure. A meticulously worked line engraving of the traditional Leica logo on the top of the camera will identify it as a genuine Leica forever after.
Other details that make this camera so unique are less obvious, but a closer look will bring all the more pleasure to the connoisseur.
The chrome-plated release button well, for instance, and the matte silver chrome shutter release button itself, as
well as the latch on the base plate, also finished in matte silver chrome, are appealing creative counterpoints to the black painted exterior surfaces. The serial number is additional evidence of the special status of this limited edition: following a lon
g tradition of the Leica Camera Company, every camera bears a serial number in a continuous sequence that began in 1925 - a testimony to individuality and dedication throughout the entire manufacturing process. The serial numbers on LEICA M6 TTL cameras i
n black paint finish will start at 2,500,000, thus setting a new milestone in the rich tradition of Leica camera history.
When you hold this camera in your hands for the first time, when you experience the perfect and precise design of all mechanical
and optical components, you can sense why we have proudly chosen the LEICA M6 TTL in black paint finish to welcome the new era: it is a camera that superbly represents the exquisite qualities that have characterized the Leica name from its very beginnings
:
Continuous development and improvement of its products without departing from its fundamental principles. A camera that could not be any better for the momentous step into the new millennium, it represents perfect continuity of what was, what is and wh
at will be.
|
