Re: [Leica] loading M6

[kabob@tiac.net (Bob Keene/Karen Shehade)]

Hey Rob-
just barely trying to keep the sarcasm out of your reply??? :)
I, too, seem to be 'cursed' with an M6 that always loads, never scratches,
never seems to have rangefinder problems and takes the best damn shots in
the world!
Although I just slapped a 60mm Elmarit-R on an adapter, attached it to my
Canon EOS A2, and now I have the world by the balls!!!! This seems to be a
'Killer' lens!! (thanks E-bay, where bargains CAN be found! 90 Elmarit-R
for $320.... 60 Elmarit-R Macro for $430!!)

Regards to all-

Bob Keene

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>Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:09:21 -0400
>From: Rob Schneider-Laura Tully <robslaurat@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] loading M6
>
>I'm sorry, but I don't see why this is a constant topic for
>discussion.  The instruction manual for the M6 explains how to
>load the camera (and even says, essentially, don't fuss around
>too much).  Pull out the leader to reach into the takeup spool,
>flip up the back, drop in the cassette, make sure the leader
>drops into to the center of the takeup spool, flip down the back,
>button up the bottom, wind off two frames, GO.  It takes longer
>to describe than to do and it WORKS EVERY TIME.
>
>I did have an M4-2 for awhile and it would not load so simply.  I
>believe the spring in the takeup mechanism was shot (probably a
>50 cent replacement from Leica NJ).  But I've never had a problem
>loading either of my two M6's by following the directions.  And I
>get 38 frames on a roll of chromes.
>
>I, however, must live in a fool's paradise.  Neither of my
>cameras scratch up film, my rangefinders are accurate, my meters
>are accurate, my shutters don't leak light (except when fired),
>my lenses (all Solms) don't fall apart, my pictures look
>fantastic.  This is the best 35mm equipment I have ever used.  It
>does exactly what I want 35mm gear to do.
>
>I believe that too many folks around here want Leicas, and
>particularly the M6, to be something they are not.  It pays to
>figure out what you want to shoot and how you want to approach
>your subject, then go buy the right camera for you.  If that
>camera is a Canon, a Nikon, a Rolleiflex, a Hasselblad, a Sinar
>4X5, or an APS point-and-shoot, fine.  Get it, master it, go make
>the photos you want to make.
>
>For me, the right 35mm camera is the Leica M6.  Not an M2, not an
>M3, not a IIIf RDST, not a CL, not a Nikon, not a Canon, an M6.
>I know how to use it, it does what I want a 35mm camera to do,
>it's (dare I say it) a finely crafted machine, and a wonderful
>picture making tool.  An M6 is a pleasure to use.
>
>Try it sometime.  I think you'll agree.
>
>Rob Schneider
>
>NO ARCHIVE
>
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