Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've regretted selllling every Leica piece I've sold, so I no longer do so unless it has been unused for some time. Ken Wilcox At 02:47 PM 6/29/99 +0800, you 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 > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>