Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/21

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Subject: [Leica] M6
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:11:40 -0500
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Jim, you will be fine with the 35mm and your 0.85 body.   Add I recall you
don't wear glasses.  My usual camera in film days was an M3 and I do wear
glasses.  I never had a problem using 35mm lenses on that M3 using the
entire window add my frame lines.

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 8:05 AM James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> 
wrote:

> As a foray back into film photography, I just purchased an M6 TTL .85
> body, and I?m thinking about lenses.  I have a Summicron-M 50, but I?m
> wondering what you all may have worked with.  I?m told that the body is
> designed to work best with 50mm and longer, but what kind of results can I
> expect with my 35 Summilux FLE (about the only lens I use with my M10)?
> Any experience with Voigtl?nder or Zeiss?
>
> BTW, at this point I only expect to shoot B&W film with it, but who knows
> what the future will bring.  Any recommendations on film?
>
> TIA
>
> Jim Handsfield
>
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Replies: Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] M6)
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