Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Honemann wrote: > > Well, I am now the proud owner of a brand new, silver chrome .72x M6 TTL, > and a black 50/2 Summicron. I went to a store in DC (Penn Camera) that had > both the .85 and .72 versions in stock, and so was able to compare them side > by side. The 35 mm lines on the high mag. finder were simply impossible for > me to see (as an eyeglass wearer), while the 90 mm lines on the .72 seemed > perfectly adequate, so I went with the latter. > > I had intended to wait and order the camera from a local store here in > Baltimore, but once you hold it in your hands and it's available then and > there, it's impossible to wait. > > The irony is that I've been so swamped with work that I have yet to even > take the camera out of the box. :( I'll finally be able to get to that > tomorrow night. I plan to spend the better part of the weekend shooting. > > Many thanks to all who helped me make the many difficult decisions that went > into this purchase. I feel great about it, and am eager to finally start > taking photographs now that I can put the equipment decisions behind me (at > least for the time being). Your advice was extremely helpful to me. This > is a wonderful resource. > > A new and ecstatic M6 owner, > Dan Congratulations, one of many to come I am sure ;) "Who" was it that forcast gloom and doom for Leica Camera? Dennis