[Leica] M6 TTL

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

I stopped by the Leica booth at the Hunt show in Boston and had a chance to
play with the new TTL M6. I must say that while I'm not used to the three
point display in the viewfinder - two arrows and a center dot - it strikes
me as useful, and something that would quickly cease to seem intrusive. The
shutter speed dial does seem bizarrely large...very easy to turn with one
finger, which is nice, although I wonder if it wouldn't be equally easy to
turn it accidentally....I didn't even notice the size difference in the
body.....

Then there's the Sekonic 508 meter - which seems fabulous...variable 1-4
degree spot,flash, and incident....and the Rollie 6000 series...as well as
the 2.8 GX....which, I must say, doesn't seem as cheap and "plasticy" to me
as it did to someone else comment here...the name plate's a dog, but the
camera as a good, solid feel to it, and the TTL metering display is neat....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 1:24 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: B&W technique - Rodinal
>
>
> For very slow films (currently APX 25) and what I used to use (ADOX KB14,
> Agfa Isopan FF, Kodak Panatomic-X), my times ranged from 15 to 20
> min at 18
> deg. C, depending upon the subject matter and the exposure method I used.
> Flat light = incident exposure at rated ISO, dev 20 min. Very contrasty
> light = either a reflected reading of the shadow area or the ISO
> cut by 2-3
> stops with an incident meter. Dev 15 min @ 18 deg. C. Agitation =
> turn tank
> over and back plus a quarter turn (after back) every 1-1/2 min.
> Sometimes a
> two minute interval. You sort of get a feel for
> subject/exposure/development-time/agitation and adjust the system
> accordingly. My roommate (George Nakamura) and I figured all of this out
> while at Brooks back in the early 60's. Your subject cannot be blank walls
> or blank sky as the long interval is prone to streaking. My method (Nikor
> tank and reels) seems to work very well. With such a dilute developer and
> long development time, streaking is minimal, compensation is at a max, and
> the adjacency effect seems to stand out.
>
> This is a system that you sort of have to work out for yourself. Use the
> above as a starting point.
>
> FWIW,
>
> Jim
>
>
> At 07:41 PM 11/6/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >At 06:16 PM 11/6/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >>I have used Rodinal since it was invented>
> >snip
> >
> >Jim,
> >Mind sharing your 1:100 time/agitation regime as starting points for slow
> >film?
> >Have used 1:100 with TMYei400 and liked it, want to expore APX 25 etc.
> >Mike Leitheiser
> >
> >"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
> >                                   Tom McGuane
> >
>