Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] keep M3 or get back M6?
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horst.schmidt@actek.com.au>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:29:45 +1000

Eric Chong wrote:

> hi LUGgers
>
> I'm in deep shit.  I'm getting lazy and I hate to bring out my Sekonic
> meter. So... many a times I wish my trusty M3 has a meter on-board! Of
> course, the perfect solution is to get a M6J!!!
>
> Now, I have many friends waiting to get my minty SS M3 with serial over 1.1
> million.  I will miss the retro styling, the smooth advance level, the
> rewind knob (which I burnt my fingers while winding used film), the nice .91
> mag on 50 frame lines, the  super-safe film loading (as opposed to M6's
> wind-and-guess method) and many others. I have ordered a 5cm bright-line
> finder for my 50 DR Summicron with a metal shade for this lens. This
> combination is SOLID and CLASSIC. This is the kit used by war photographers
> during the vietnam war, indo-china and so on...
>
> The joke is that my first M is a M6 classic, then I sold it to get this M3
> thro' my friends as I like it's 50 lines and classsic beauty.. but the
> meterless design is inconvenient.
>
> SO... what do my crazy friends of LUG think? What do u suggest? Should i
> keep my M3 or sell it together with Sekonic meter .. for a M6 classic? One
> thing is that with the cash, I can still buy a used 90 summicron (early
> version with removable head for viso...). Hmmmm....
>
> thanks
>
> ericssan

Eric, keep your M3 and shove a small exposure meter in to your pocket. Its less
annoing anyway then the two red spotlights in the M6 viewfinder.