Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/14
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In message <9604142042.AA01416@giganet.tempo.att.com.tempo.att.com>,
Paul Krzyzanowski <paul@research.att.com> writes
A few hours ago I just bought a new chrome M6 (I like the chrome
bodies, but the black ones seem to be more popular; am I the only one
with such a sentiment?).
No, you're not. I also prefer the look of the chrome bodies, but I got a
black one for maximum stealth and inconspicuousness.
>Needless to say, I haven't used it yet but,
>compared to the IIIf, file loading, focusing and viewing are a joy
^^^^^^^^^^^^
must be the new computersised M6...
>The next bit of advice that I'd appreciate concerns lenses: I'd like
>to get a 35mm Summicron lens. There was some discussion a while back
>favoring the old 8 element Summicron. Are there any 35mm lenses that
>I should strongly prefer over others? Are there any to avoid?
When I first went shopping for m lenses I was told by dealers especially
that the newer Leica lenses were better than the older ones. Brian Bower
states in his books that certain Leica lenses were recomputed and
improved optically compared to their predecessors and advises the
purchase of the later incarnations in certain cases. What this doesn't
take into account is that these lenses may be used to make pictures
rather than test results and performance in one regard may not
correspond closely to performance in the other. I bought the current
35mm Summicron-M and I really like the results it gives. What catches my
interest nowadays though is the older lenses.
If the older one works with the metering (I was once told that earlier
Summicron-M 35s had too much sticking out at the back and would block
ttl metering in the M6- I really don't know if that's true at all- any
info anyone?) then I personally would be very happy to use it and
discover what wonderful picturesque effects it gives.
--
joe b.