Bob, Elliot, Colin, David;
Thanks for the good wishes!
Elliot - I'll keep up the feedback as I continue to shoot with the MP. There's more below.
Colin - I tried to take it to bed with me, but my girlfriend, the two cats & the dog kicked the MP out!
David - If you're crazy, then so am I. I did a similar thing as you - I owned an M3 for decades, foolishly sold it, bought the M6, and went screaming back to the M3 (sadly, a different one from my first M3). The rangefinder flare was a part of my decision to go back, but not the entire reason. Like yourself, it was the solid, metal feel & operation of the M3.
The M6 really is a great camera, as Jonathan says; but for my personal use, I was more comfortable with the M3 (and now the MP).
OK, onto more comments -
- I was finally able to make the MP flare, in a kind of "stupid pet tricks" way (i.e., there's virtually no way anybody would shoot like this!). Pointed the MP just below a bare light bulb. Took my eye so far off the centre of the eyepiece that I cut off about one third of the framelines (50mm) from my view. Tilted the camera down about 15 degrees. OK, NOW it flared!!
My point here is that the MP is pretty flare resistant. I tried the same stupid pet trick with my M3, and yes, it flared almost as badly too.
- the dial for the ISO on the back are the ISO numbers only (e.g, 100, 200, 400, etc). It's very easy to see your ISO setting.
- the vinyl surface of the MP is nice to use. I don't think it will chip off like the old vulcanite, but only time will tell. My own M3 has huge chunks missing around the the lens mount and some on the baseplate, which is annoying.