Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] b.d.'s planning something dangerous!
From: "Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:32:59 -0400

Bill,

But the viewfinder of the M3 does not does not support either the 35 or the
75mm lenses. The M6 .85 does (and the built in meter works better :-)  )

 Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bill Satterfield [SMTP:cwsat@cyberhighway.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:24 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] b.d.'s planning something dangerous!
> 
> You can use any lens on the M3 that you can use on the M6. They all fit.
> 
> "Lee, Ken" wrote:
> 
> > Dan,
> >
> > I know everyone has their own opinions, but I had an M3 to go with my M6
> .72
> > and traded it in for the M6 .85 when they came out. I was never super
> > comfortable with the loading, but the big things for me we the ability
> to
> > use it with my 35mm Summicron (instead of the Summaron with eyes) and
> the
> > fact it had frame lines for the 75mm. I never found a big difference
> between
> > finders on the M3 and M6 .85.  I like the ability to use any lens on any
> > body in a pinch.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dan Honemann [SMTP:ddh@home.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 2:26 PM
> > > To:   leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > Subject:      RE: [Leica] b.d.'s planning something dangerous!
> > >
> > > Go for it, B.D.!  Then tell us how _you_ think it compares to the M6.
> > >
> > > Personally, I'd want an M3 (for use with a noctilux) to complement my
> M6
> > > .72x (35 summilux asph) and the new M6 .58x (28 and/or 24 elmarit).
> Now
> > > that would be a sweet trio.
> > >
> > > Dan