Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wait a minute!!!!!!!!! The Leica M1 is perfect for the 15mm and 12mm Voigtlander lenses. Works for me just fine. Who says that people don't use the M1? I have two of them. Chris Williams - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] New member > Hi Martin and welcome! > > You will find that people use all sorts of Leica M bodies, perhaps with the > exception of the M1. I will hazard a guess though that the most common ones are > the M6 and M3. The M6 has the advantage of the built-in meter, which is > surprisingly accurate. It comes in three main versions, 0.58, 0.72, 0.85. The > numbers refer to effective rangefinder base. I have the 0.58 (useful for wide > angle lenses) and the 0.85 (useful for longer lenses), as well as an M3. The M3 > is meterless but has the amazing "Leica feel" when you press the shutter > release, more so than the M6. It also provides the most precise focusing of all > Leica Ms due to its 0.91 rangefinder. > > Nobody but you can decide which one is right. I suggest you go to Foto Nivo > Schweizer in Amsterdam (Haarlemmerdijk 46), talk to them and try the different > models. They have a good Leica selection, both new and used. > > Groetjes, > Nathan > > "Giphart, Martin -Syntegra NL" wrote: > > > For now I would like to know what M-bodies are used most and why? Which > > bodies should be avoided and why? How useful is a built-in lightmeter (M5 + > > M6) for I am used to use an external one with my Hassy? > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > >