Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 22:08 10.1.1996, sphillips@umbsky.cc.umb.edu wrote: >I am thinking of either buying an M4-P or an M6. I used to have an M4-P and so >am quite used to it. I used to use one with an MR meter and quite liked the >combination. What are people's experiences with the M6 meter. Is it woth >paying $600 fo- the difference in the used prices.??Thanks in advance PS to >follow some recent threads, I'm 35 and broke! I have a M6 and a M4-2 (older than a M4-P) and both are in excellent conditions. Using alternatively one or the other, I can just feel some little differences: the viewer in the M4-2 need to be cleaned and its lever is a little bit harder. The M4-2 viewer is without 28 frame, but I don't have a 28mm lens, so I don't miss it (in any case you have this kind of frame on the M4-P, exactly the same as in the M6). About meter: I think the M6 meter is great! It's a spot meter and with some training you can be very accurate with it. If you want a very small package is perfect. With the M4-2 I use a Gossen. I don't think that a MR is a good choice. A very good one could be very expensive and it would reduce drastically the difference in price with the M6: yours 600$ could easier be reduced to 400$. At this point I would prefer invest something more and buy the M6. All that is in relation with the kind of pictures you want to do. Consider that having a built-in meter help you to be faster. I hope it helps. Alberto