Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dan, Well, starting the day you have your M6, start put aside some money from your monthly expense. Next you will need the tele, and ahhh 35 cron ASPH which everybody love is also compact lense to have. Well that bokeh 75 lux is must to have if you like to take ellegant portrait. And you might end up with the KING: Noctilux. Goodluck on your saving days. You will never regret it. JSJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Honemann <ddh@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 9:54 AM Subject: [Leica] I got it!!! > 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 > >