RE: [Leica] M6 HM

[Eric Ertman <ertman@online.no>]

I'm in a situation where I'm going to purchase the M6HM without prior
experience with it in the field. Do you think I,m going to be disappointed
with it combined with my 35mm Summicron (I don't wear eyeglasses) ? I will
initially also have a 50mm Summicron and once I've robbed a bank a 75mm or
90mm. I could of course choose not take the gamble and get the regular M6,
but I am tempted by the HM.

Eric




At 08:16 17.06.98 -0400, you wrote:
>So much depends on style and taste. Last winter I  spent a couple of hours
>at a kid's fair.  I went as a personal "project". I took an M6 with a 35mm
>Summicron, and M3 with a 90mm Summicron, and a 50 in my pocket. It was
>indoors and fairly crowded so I thought the 35mm would get the most use.  I
>ended up shooting 1 roll of TMY with each body. Every image I have printed
>so far was taken with the 90.  I like them so much better.  I either have
>not yet learned to be a wide angle person (in 40+ years of photography) or I
>am afraid to get "too close".  I like the look I get with  the 75 and 90 mm
>lenses.
>
>I have since replaced the M3 with an M6HM.  I love it for 50mm and longer.
>
>Ken
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	fld [SMTP:fld@mozcom.com]
>> Sent:	Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:32 PM
>> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject:	Re: [Leica] M6 HM
>> 
>> At 07:16 PM 6/16/98 EDT, you wrote:
>> >In a message dated 6/16/98 9:36:06 AM EST, ertman@online.no writes:
>> >
>> ><< My initial lenses will be a 50mm Summicron and a 35mm Summicron. Will
>> it be
>> > "loveable" with these lenses? >>
>> >
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> My experience after travelling to the US and some Asian Country, the 35 &
>> 50 are all the lens you really need to capture beautiful images. Once in a
>> while the need for wider lens like a 24 and 21 would be desirable.
>> 
>> While I have a 90mm lens as well, I find I use this lens a lot less than
>> the other two, perhaps 5%.
>> 
>> regards
>> 
>> Ferdinand
>