Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Martin and welcome! You will find that people use all sorts of Leica M bodies, perhaps with the exception of the M1. I will hazard a guess though that the most common ones are the M6 and M3. The M6 has the advantage of the built-in meter, which is surprisingly accurate. It comes in three main versions, 0.58, 0.72, 0.85. The numbers refer to effective rangefinder base. I have the 0.58 (useful for wide angle lenses) and the 0.85 (useful for longer lenses), as well as an M3. The M3 is meterless but has the amazing "Leica feel" when you press the shutter release, more so than the M6. It also provides the most precise focusing of all Leica Ms due to its 0.91 rangefinder. Nobody but you can decide which one is right. I suggest you go to Foto Nivo Schweizer in Amsterdam (Haarlemmerdijk 46), talk to them and try the different models. They have a good Leica selection, both new and used. Groetjes, Nathan "Giphart, Martin -Syntegra NL" wrote: > For now I would like to know what M-bodies are used most and why? Which > bodies should be avoided and why? How useful is a built-in lightmeter (M5 + > M6) for I am used to use an external one with my Hassy? - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/