50mm summicron variations4/1/2024 The M6J top plate has the engravings of a classic Leica, and there is no red dot logo anywhere to be found on the M6J. Even the lens lock release button is styled after that of the M3. Designed as an homage to the M3, the M6J sports M3-like beveled finder windows and M3-style metal film advance arm. The M6J is weird, and elicits a double-take from those who are familiar with the standard Leica M bodies. Some people say that the “J” stands for Jahre, the German word for “years,” but I prefer to think the “J” is a tip-of-the-hat to the Japan-based Leica users group that had orginally proposed the camera’s concept to Leica. The M6J was sold as a kit with a matching serial number Elmar 50mm f/2.8 collapsible lens, but the remade version, not the 1950s version, all packaged in a wooden box. Leica produced 1640 of them, 40 for each year from 1954 to 1994, and they have serial numbers that start with the year that the camera represents. The Leica M6J is a limited edition pre-M6 TTL released in 1994 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the introduction of the Leica M3 in 1954.
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