RE: [Leica] Advice Needed...2nd M6 Body

["Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>]

Hi Sandy,

I too am a left eyed glasses wearer. I have a classic and an HM body.  I
have some difficulty seeing the 35mm framelines on my classic so I don't
know how typical my experiences are.  My "normal" usage is the 35 and 50
Summicron on the classic body and 75, 90 and 135 on the HM.  If I take the
time to look around the finder on the HM, I can see all corners with the
35mm lens I just can't see it all at once. The above breakdown is my
preference, but all my lenses are usable on either body.  That is the reason
I traded my M3 for the M6; to get maximum flexibility.

Ken 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	sandyquandt@centuryinter.net [SMTP:sandyquandt@centuryinter.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 23, 1999 9:03 PM
> To:	leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us;
> owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	[Leica] Advice Needed...2nd M6 Body
> 
> Hello!!
> 
> I've been driving myself *crazy* trying to make a decision, so I've
> decided to 
> solicit some assistance and advice from those more experienced than I...
> I'd 
> like to get another M6 body (that part of the decision was easy), but I
> don't 
> know whether to try to find a M6 HM, another Classic M6 or the TTL
> versions of 
> either one. I never use flash with the M6, but wondered whether the "new
> and 
> improved?" metering of the TTL versions makes it worth my while to try to
> get 
> used to a "reversed" shutter speed dial. I have a 35/1.4, a Noctilux, and
> a 
> 75/1.4 and am wondering whether the HM would make focusing *noticeably*
> easier 
> for the two longer lenses? Since I'm a left eyed glasses wearing shooter,
> would 
> the HM be more difficult/ impossible to use with the 35? Needless to say,
> I 
> could go to my local camera store to try out the TTL versions, but they no
> 
> longer have the non-TTL cameras available for comparison. I like my M6
> Classic; 
> however, if getting one of the HM versions as a second body will make a 
> difference in ease of use of the longer lenses, I'd like to avail myself
> of the 
> opportunity as long as I'm thinking about purchasing a second body. I've
> read 
> the archives, but I'm still undecided... Any advice?
> 
> Thanks!!!!!!!!
> Sandy
> 
>