Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/04

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Subject: Re: M6 versus M3 (and M2 and M4)
From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 10:15:31 -0700

Ken -

What I really meant to ask in my mis-written post below was why you
preferred the M2 to the *M4*? 
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> From: Gary Todoroff M2)
> Date: Friday, October 03, 1997 6:04 PM
> 
> Am wondering why you prefer the M2 over the M6, Ken. I use M6 almost
> exclusively for slides and really like the meter.  For B&W, I use either
M3
> or M2 with the clip on MR meter. Since most of the B&W is of people, I
> enjoy the ability to meter the scene without lifting the camera to my eye
> first. People just think I'm fiddling with the camera while I'm actually
> taking an accurate reading in their direction. 
> 
> > From: Ken Wilcox 
> > 
> > I started with an M4, then added an M6, then added an M2. I now use the
> M2
> > more than the other two. However... when the situation will call for
> faster
> > work I usually reach for the M6.
> >