Re: [Leica] Decisions...

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

If you are going to be spending that amount of coin, shoot a couple of rolls
through each body choice and then make your decision.

John Collier

> From: Julio Marcos <jmarcos@mybanana.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 01:03:14 -0800
> To: leica <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: [Leica] Decisions...
> 
> For the past months I have been dreaming of having a Leica M system.
> Right now I have been practicing with a CL, a 40mm Rokkor + 90mm
> Tele-Elmarit, metering with a Sekonic meter. It's nice but I want the
> 'real thing'.
> Other than the Tele-elmarit, I see myself with a 24mm Elmarit and 35 +
> 50mm Summicrons. The 35 & 50 would be my primary lenses and the 24 & 90
> the secondary ones. I do travel and people photography on chromes.
> 
> The thing that I cannot keep off my mind is the body. The easy answer
> would be to get a nice, brand new TTL chrome M6. It would be covered
> under warranty, have a nice built-in meter, and even TTL flash (!)
> capability. I have handled an M6 body at the store and it felt good.
> Then I think about getting a classic body like a nice M4, say with an
> MR4 meter. From what I have read (Brian Bower's books, websites, LUG) it
> appears to be handsome (is the chrome different?), has a self-timer (I
> have a self-timer but built-in is better), better viewfinder, maybe more
> consistent meter reading areas (close to 90mm frame with any lens?).
> I have also seen a Konica RF (without batteries) and seemed pretty nice.
> Not chrome, but coming from an aperture-priority camera like the Nikon
> FE2 it looks appealing too.
> 
> So you can see how I torture myself every day thinking about this. Maybe
> it's trivial, but any comments would help me out. I still have three
> months before making the big leap, it will be the graduation present for
> the Masters degree I am finishing.
> Thanks,
> Julio