RE: [Leica] Expectant proud new M6 owner

["Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>]

Hi Simon,

Greetings from another newbie.  I will tell you, having just gotten my first
roll processed, that the M6 + 50 Summicron is wonderful for handheld shots
of children right down to 1/30.  My favorite subject is St.Clair, who
happened to turn five years old on the day I shot this first roll through
the M, and the photos are incredible.  In fact, I experimented with a range
of aperture and shutter speed settings and under a variety of lighting
conditions (indoors and out), and the M came through every time.  Amazingly
enough, I have handheld shots of St.Clair at min. focus distance, f/2 @ 1/15
second, and sharp as a tack!  I had expected great things from this camera,
but this borders on the miraculous!

The only problem I had with the first roll is framing.  There are some shots
that I clearly composed (out of habit) based on the full finder view and not
on the 50 mm brightlines.  That, I am sure, is a habit I will break over
time.

Congratulations on your new purchase, and welcome to a great list.

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Simon Lamb
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 12:34 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Expectant proud new M6 owner
>
>
> Hello everyone
>
> Another lurker surfaces and faces the inevitable!  I have phoned the
> camera shop and will be picking up my chrome M6 .85, 90mm f/2 APO ASPH
> and Tri-Elmar 28-50mm f/4 on 2 May.  Just by way of introduction, I am a
> Nikon user (F5, 80-200mm f/2.8 AFS, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D, TC20-E etc. etc.).
> I love two types of photography, wildlife and portraits (particularly of
> my two girls ages five and two - they are the subjects for the portraits
> although sometimes the wildlife!).  I really wanted a camera that would
> enable me to take protraits with more creative control and in a less
> stressful way for the children.  The F5 with SB28 flash and big 85mm
> lens can be very overpowering for children and it is difficult to take
> candid portraits with such a big camera, even when using it handheld.  I
> have followed the newsgroup and believe that the M6 will be the ideal
> camera for portrait work, especially with the 90mm f/2 in available
> light.  I did consider the new Nikon S3 2000 rangefinder but it is very
> much priced for the collectors market and did not make financial sense.
> I also believe that the 90mm APO ASPH lens will be better than the 50mm
> that Nikon will initially offer with the camera.
>
> I will keep the F5 as I do not believe that the M6 will be able to catch
> the action wildlife shots that the Nikon makes possible.  The F5 is an
> amazing camera, as is the M6, and I believe that each can offer me some
> major benefts in the type of photography that interests me.
>
> One thing is for sure.  I have seen all the posts from new users and I
> hope I have learnt many lessons, especially how to savour opening the
> boxes and loading the first roll of film.
>
> I will, as appears customary, let you all know how my first days go with
> my camera and hopefully become an active member of the newsgroup.  One
> immediate question.  I take most of my portraits with Kodak Portra 160
> NC.  Does the ISO dial on the back of the M6 allow 160 to be set?  I
> notice some small increments between 100 and 200 and assume that these
> are increments of 20, so that I can set the dial at three increments
> past the 100 mark.  Is this a correct assumption?
>
> That's all for now.  Sorry it ended up so long.
>
> Simon
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