[Leica] M6 --> M4-P

[Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>]

>>>The best general purpose upgrade I made to my M6's was to convert
them to
M4-P's by removing the batteries. For street use you go crazy chasing
the
LED's, and spontaneity is gone. Plus, you only need to learn a few
settings
for a specific film and then think about the light your subject is in<<<

Brave man, and right on. I've now spent two stretches of time, one of 6
months and one of 12 months, shooting with no meter (and wrote an
article about it for the English magazine _Darkroom User_ under the
title "Train Your Brain...To Guess Exposures"). It's a peculiar thing,
but sometimes it's easier to guess exposures than to meter them. And,
fascinatingly, I found that the "red deltas" in the M6 are
tyrants--they're very hard to ignore, EVEN IF you know exactly what
you're doing and why you're departing for their advice!

Right on, Alastair.

- --Mike