RE: [Leica] Leica M advice wanted

["Tim Atherton" <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca>]

Without going into a lot of detail, I find that I often get better exposures
from my M6/M6 meter than from my Nikon F4 with it's supposedly sophisticated
metering, when shooting transparencies almost exclusively.

As long as you are aware of, and make use of how the M6 meters, changing
with focal length etc.

Go out and shoot some test rolls under different circumstances...
Tim A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
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> InfinityDT@aol.com
> Sent: June 12, 1999 4:22 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Leica M advice wanted
>
>
> I'm planning to spend a (too-)short time in Europe soon, all the time in
> cities, on foot and on busses, trams, trains etc.  I want to take
> my Leica M
> outfit because it is more compact than my reflex outfit and I can
> carry it in
> a small bag (I have a Domke that's about the size of a Billingham
> Series 3
> plus it has a belt tunnel in addition to the shoulder strap for added
> security).  Last year I shot Royal Gold 100 and the results were
> great but I
> really prefer to have slides to project and so I want to shoot K25 and/or
> Velvia.  I have never used reversal film with a Leica (or any
> camera without
> a stepless electronic shutter).  I've heard that the shutters
> aren't all that
> precise but of course with negative film a half stop or so isn't
> as critical
> as with slide film. I don't have the time to send them for a professional
> speed-check ( I suppose I could do a down-and-dirty test roll
> against a solid
> background and check it against one from a camera that I know to be
> accurate).  I've seen Brian Bower's books full of Leica M work
> shot on PKM,
> so I'm inclined to think I've nothing to obsess over.  Any LUGers
> who shoot a
> lot of reversal film with an M system can help me out here?
>
> Also, another quandary I'm in is: I want to take no more than 4 lenses,
> perhaps even 3. I'm a long-time 50mm kind of guy, so that's in
> the bag for
> sure.  Question is,  for European urban-type photography, which 2
> or 3 other
> M lenses would you consider "essential" choosing from 21 ASPH, 28, 35
> Summicron ASPH, 90 Elmarit and 135 APO-Telyt.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> D.T. (which is what everyone calls me)
>