RE: [Leica] M6TTL + Vancouver Leica Day

["Tim Atherton" <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca>]

It was a great pleasure to meet Ted at the Leica day at Leo's in Vancouver.
I don't know how he got away with being behind the counter when he had both
an Abrahams rapid winder AND a softie on his Leica. I am sure the "official"
Leica folks frowned on that!

Talking of which, I must say that I was disappointed by the Leica Rep. Yes,
it was nice to get a look at some of the new goodies, but I found the rep
particularly unhelpful (you were there for two days Ted, how did you find
him?). They didn't even have a battery in the M6ttl when I was looking at
it, so no point in trying out the new metering etc! It was quite a problem
to get him to put one in.

He seemed quite happy to spend copious amounts of time with anyone who
appeared to be a doctor or a dentist and had oodles of $ to spend on new
Leica goodies (Yes, I know, my prejudices are showing here!), then I watched
him blow off at least two younger photographers/students, one of whom had a
whole stash of Leicas in an old gas mask case - to me, they actually looked
like they used their cameras as opposed to....?

Anyway, I just found the Rep pretty unhelpful (as opposed to the technician
who was there - he did a great job of checking out cameras with a witty line
in Scottish repartee added in).

All in all, it was worth the trip (I was in Vancouver on vacation). And if
you get a chance to look at  Ted's book about doctor/OR's etc (I can't
remember the title now), don't give it a miss. Some wonderful, atmospheric
b&w Leica photography.

Tim A
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> I attended a Leica demo show of new bits and pieces in Vancouver this past
> two days. A first time for me as a "behind the counter exercise" answering
> questions from "drooling Leicaphiles! :)
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> A most interesting excerise as I learned more than I gave in experience.:)
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> The M6TTL? I realize there have been a number of posts on this camera and
> I've paid little or no attention, as I only saw it as a "ready made flash
> M6"
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> During the same show I was presently surprised to meet a couple of LUGNUTS
> purely by surprise due to they noticed my "LUG" soft release on the M6
> hanging on my shoulder. Yep I carry an M6 all the time now as part of my
> wardrobe, more so than ever before.
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