[Leica] leica M6 and M6 TTL

[pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)]

Len:  Really?  Then how do you explain this picture?
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album225/36RodinLion.jpg.html
Taken with the DR on an M6TTL, in the close-up range, using the "eyes."  I 
tested these "eyes" right after I bought them, and they focus just fine 
throughout the close-up range.

There are a few M6TTLs which just can't mount the DR, for some reason.  The 
main bugaboo with most M6TTLs and the DR is that you need to set the lens 
to infinity to mount or dismount it.  No big deal once you know that that's 
how it is.  And one version of the eyes have a metal stop that needs to be 
removed to mount them.  Half a minute with a screwdriver, easily reversible 
if needed.

--Peter

At 11:42 AM 12/18/2006 -0800, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote:
>The only other difference between the two bodies that has not been
>mentioned is the M6TTL is not compatible with the Dual Range 50mm
>Summicron in close-up mode (with the eyes attached). It works fine in
>normal mode.
>
>So if you don't plan on using a TTL flash like the SF20 or SF24.
>Don't plan on using a DR Summicron in close-up mode, don't mind the
>direction of the exposure arrows and gain a meter "off" position on
>the shutter dial, the cameras are the same.