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Subject: Re: [Leica] New member
From: "onetreehillclw" <onetreehillclw@compaq.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:07:12 -0500
References: <709A336AA1FFD21181680008C75DDA700572B327@SNLRES01> <3B4240B2.D8D472ED@webshuttle.ch>

Wait a minute!!!!!!!!!  The Leica M1 is perfect for the 15mm and 12mm
Voigtlander lenses. Works for me just fine. Who says that people don't use
the M1? I have two of them.

Chris Williams

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] New member


> Hi Martin and welcome!
>
> You will find that people use all sorts of Leica M bodies, perhaps with
the
> exception of the M1. I will hazard a guess though that the most common
ones are
> the M6 and M3. The M6 has the advantage of the built-in meter, which is
> surprisingly accurate. It comes in three main versions, 0.58, 0.72, 0.85.
The
> numbers refer to effective rangefinder base. I have the 0.58 (useful for
wide
> angle lenses) and the 0.85 (useful for longer lenses), as well as an M3.
The M3
> is meterless but has the amazing "Leica feel" when you press the shutter
> release, more so than the M6. It also provides the most precise focusing
of all
> Leica Ms due to its 0.91 rangefinder.
>
> Nobody but you can decide which one is right. I suggest you go to Foto
Nivo
> Schweizer in Amsterdam (Haarlemmerdijk 46), talk to them and try the
different
> models. They have a good Leica selection, both new and used.
>
> Groetjes,
> Nathan
>
> "Giphart, Martin -Syntegra NL" wrote:
>
> > For now I would like to know what M-bodies are used most and why? Which
> > bodies should be avoided and why? How useful is a built-in lightmeter
(M5 +
> > M6) for I am used to use an external one with my Hassy?
>
> --
> Nathan Wajsman
> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
>
> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
>
> General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/
> Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/
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>
>

Replies: Reply from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> ([Leica] Re: M1)
In reply to: Message from "Giphart, Martin -Syntegra NL" <m.giphart@syntegra.nl> ([Leica] New member)
Message from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> (Re: [Leica] New member)