Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the opportunity to test an M6 recently. The pictures seemed to display a certain emotive quality. I am wondering if this is typical of what others experience with this camera. I was photographing my children at play. They are 6 and 7 years old. I have been photographing them from birth with 35mm SLRs. The pictures appear as if the kids were almost unaware that they were being photographed, even though most of the pictures were taken at close proximity with a 35 mm f/1.4 lens. The Leica photos showed the kids displaying emotions of joy, anger, and frustration. They have a penetrating quality. The reason why I found this peculiar is because whenever I photographed them in the past with an SLR, they seemed to react differently. Once they were old enough to know what a camera was and what it did, they became all too aware of the camera's presence, and began posing or making faces when the pictures were about to be taken. With the Leica, they seemed to go about their play, and the camera was able to capture some very powerful expressive qualities. Is this a common part of the Leica owner's experience with an M6? I have heard people describing similar phenomena when describing the camera and the images it is capable of capturing. I would appreciate some feedback on this matter, because I am considering whether or not to purchase this camera.