Re:starter camera

Second the .58 M6, but only if you normally use wide lenses. A 75/90 can be
a b*tch to focus wide open due to the .58's short RF base.

I wish I'd bought a second .58 M6 TTL before the prices went up. TTL flash
works great on it if you set the SF20 at -1.

My first M was an M3, still use it and still love it. Now I'm warming the
III up for LHSA's Spring Shoot here in da Swamp.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Howard"
Subject: Re: Leica - starter camera


>
> With all the M6 TTL bashing that's going on at the moment, I thought
> I'd offer an alternative perspective---and because it allows me to
> confuse the matter further without causing any actual injury ;)
>
> I have, use, and love the M6 TTL 0.58x for one simple reason: the 35mm
> frameline sits by itself.  This most glorious trait it shares with the
> venerable M2.  With a 35mm lens mounted (which, for many Leica
> rangefinder photographers, amounts to a large proportion of the time)
> the 35mm frameline is present in full, uninterrupted glory without any
> additional distracting framelines.  Unfortunately, the .58x has 75mm
> framelines (which it could loose) that clutters up an otherwise
> excellent 50mm view, and also 90mm framelines (which, at 0.58x
> magnification is about as close to useless as is legally possible
> without actually crossing over the line).  The 90 frameline is shown
> together with the 28, but I find that these are so different that it
> doesn't make much of an intrusion: although given a choice, I'd
> certainly lose it in an instance.



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