Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Chong wrote: > hi LUGgers > > I'm in deep shit. I'm getting lazy and I hate to bring out my Sekonic > meter. So... many a times I wish my trusty M3 has a meter on-board! Of > course, the perfect solution is to get a M6J!!! > > Now, I have many friends waiting to get my minty SS M3 with serial over 1.1 > million. I will miss the retro styling, the smooth advance level, the > rewind knob (which I burnt my fingers while winding used film), the nice .91 > mag on 50 frame lines, the super-safe film loading (as opposed to M6's > wind-and-guess method) and many others. I have ordered a 5cm bright-line > finder for my 50 DR Summicron with a metal shade for this lens. This > combination is SOLID and CLASSIC. This is the kit used by war photographers > during the vietnam war, indo-china and so on... > > The joke is that my first M is a M6 classic, then I sold it to get this M3 > thro' my friends as I like it's 50 lines and classsic beauty.. but the > meterless design is inconvenient. > > SO... what do my crazy friends of LUG think? What do u suggest? Should i > keep my M3 or sell it together with Sekonic meter .. for a M6 classic? One > thing is that with the cash, I can still buy a used 90 summicron (early > version with removable head for viso...). Hmmmm.... > > thanks > > ericssan Eric, keep your M3 and shove a small exposure meter in to your pocket. Its less annoing anyway then the two red spotlights in the M6 viewfinder.