Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] [long]My first M: notes & questions
From: Mary & Stan Kephart <kephartol@att.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 98 15:17:36 -0500

Hi Alexy,

Congratulations on your new M6HM!  I "married" my M6 a year and a half 
ago and the "honeymoon" is still just beginning. 

MK



>Well, now I've got the M6HM (a bit of time spent toying with both the 
>0.72 and the 0.85 settled *that* issue). Also a 50 'cron-M (second-to-
>last; I have a strong preference for fixed, rigid shades) and a 35 
>'lux-M ASPH. Now, the latter lens provided a bit of a shock. I've 
>shot some big glass in my time - 11" telescopes, a $200,000 Leica
>laser scanning confocal microscope - but this was the first optic that,
>straight out of the box, intimidated me. Maybe it was what it represented
>as a proportion of my income, maybe it was that wild, concave front 
>element. But this lens is one a serious piece of work. I'm glad I didn't
>get a Noctilux; I would have passed out on opening the box!