Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 TTL X 2
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 17:14:41 -0400
References: <39F20534.616D0B34@camera-craftsman.com>

This is all satire posted by Kyle, right? Please, please, please tell me
that it's satire...

B. D.

Simon Stevens wrote:

> Terry Sham wrote:
>
> > I would like to buy 2 M6 TTLs for my outfit, a black and a silver, a
> 0.72
> > and a 0.85, What combination will you choose? Why?
> >
> > 1. Black 0.72 & Silver 0.85
> > 2. Silver 0.72 & Black 0.85
>
> Lucien replied:
>
> Chrome 0,58 and black 0,85.
> Or the reverse.
>
> Who need a 0,72 anymore.
>
> Simon pitches in:
>
> To me it would depend on why you want two bodies. If it's to have
> different focal lengths, one on each body more or less permanently
> attached and with the same film type in both, I don't see that it would
> matter. Just buy bodies with the optimum finder for their intended
> lenses and toss a coin to pick the finish. The only case where I could
> see a reason to go with one over the other is if  you plan to do street
> shooting more with one focal length than the other in which case
> whichever that one is should probably be black.
>
> Alternatively, you might be planning to carry color in one, and B/W in
> the other. I sometimes do this and have a black M4-P as my B/W camera,
> and a chrome M6 as my color which I find is a nice aide memoir. The
> problem with this approach is that I believe it's best to get two bodies
> as nearly identical in all functional respects as possible. That way you
> pick one or the other purely baceause of the film it contains and not as
> a result of a factor such as the finder magnification. In this case I'd
> probably just get two 0.72 bodies as happy mediums.
>
> My 1 cent x 2.
>
> Simon Stevens

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] M6 TTL X 2)
In reply to: Message from Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com> (Re: [Leica] M6 TTL X 2)