Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin, My 6 is from early 1986, according to the sn list on Cameraquest. Leo - -----Original Message----- From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Thu 2/27/2003 1:53 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Cc: Subject: RE: [Leica] M6/M6TTL meters... Hi Leo, Thanks for that info! Is/was your M6 Classic an early or late one? Regards, Austin > I find that my M6 classis would not meter in low light, an M7 > absolutely fixed all of my problems. > > Leo Wesson > > > ---------- > > From: Austin Franklin > > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:07 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: [Leica] M6/M6TTL meters... > > > > The discussion by Victor of his meter question, and some other > discussion > > I've had on another list had me look up some information on the Leica > > M6/M6TTL meters. I found: > > > > The M6 meter goes from EV 0 to EV 20 > > The M6TTL meter goes from EV -2 to EV 20 > > > > That is according to the manuals I have... > > > > Now, that, to me, is a very good reason to get an M6TTL over an > M6 if you do > > a lot of low light work...but the question I have, is there a > difference in > > the early M6 meter and the later M6 meter, as far as EV > capability goes? I > > wasn't aware there was any difference, but the recent thread > about Victor's > > question gave information that there were in fact two different metering > > systems for the M6, so perhaps there is more of a difference than has > > already been stated? > > > > Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html