RE: Leica - starter camera

The M3 requires taking out the takeup spool and placing the film leaver
under a sheet of spring steel, then inserting both the film cassette and
spool simultaneously. Sonny Carter had a very humorous description of
this in an email, but that was in my pre-hard drive crash era.

The later models have a fixed take-up spool with slits in it. Much
easier to load.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com



-----Original Message-----
From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Phil McOrmond
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 10:31 PM
To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Leica - starter camera

So the M6 is easier to load and is a relatively new model..  The other 
difference is TTL vs non-TTL.  I assume the later models have the TTL.
Is 
there any sub-model designation for the TTL.
I have read about the older models now and the loading does seem like a
bit 
more trouble but no worse than loading a medium format camera as far as
I 
can see. I have an old Kodak Autographic from around WW1 that uses a
similar 
loading system to the Leica.  Unforunately 127 film is not too common 
although I do have some.
I think I could put up with either system of loading.  Is there a
differnce 
in the lenses or are thay interchangeable across the model range?  The
lens 
designations are relatively complex.  How many camera companies actually

give their lenses names and not just let them be known by their f-stop
and 
focal length?
This is starting to get more nteresting as I go along but it sounds like
an 
M6 might be the one.  Are there models to avoid other than due to 
rarity/expense?  I am not sure I would want to be regularly using
anything 
costing more than a couple of thousand outside of the house YMMV.
Thanks for the feedback so far.
Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: Leica - starter camera


> There is something intangible that I like better about the non-TTL. Is
> it a tiny bit less tall?
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On
> Behalf Of Rei Shinozuka
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:58 PM
> To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Leica - starter camera
>
> i think the m6 in any of its guises is a good camera, and in the past
> couple of years, prices have drifted into the $1,250 to $1,500 range.
> the m6 is relatively new (it was made for about 20 years starting
> from 1984), has built-in metering, and there are many on the used
> market.
> i personally like the proportions and handling of the m6 classic, but
> the
> m6 TTL is also a nice camera.
>



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