Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] 2nd M-body recommendation
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon Nov 15 23:25:13 2004
References: <000701c4cb86$229fa300$e011fea9@corp.nortel.com> <000701c4cb88$57ce38a0$6601a8c0@smlbz>

The M5 is a bit expensive and fragile compared to a M6, but still a 
great camera, though I found myself using mine less than the M6 
eventually, not sure why......
Frank

On 16 Nov, 2004, at 02:59, Leirex wrote:

> I would agree with Vick on the M5 not only for the meter but also for 
> its
> smoothness.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] 2nd M-body recommendation
>
>
>> If you want an internal meter, and don't like the M6 style of meter, 
>> let
>> me suggest the M5.
>>
>> regards
>> Vick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Alex Fan
>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:04 PM
>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>> Subject: [Leica] 2nd M-body recommendation
>>
>>
>> Hi,  I am new to LUG and M.  I have started to use M camera for about 
>> 6
>> months.  I started with a user M2, a 50mm cron lens and a handheld
>> meter. It has been wonderful experiences of using this camera to take
>> photos and now 90% of my photos are taken by this camera, my SLR, DSLR
>> and digital camera are seating quietly inside dry boxes.  In the past
>> couple of months,  I have also bought a 35 cron and 28 Elmarit,  the
>> 35'con is now my favorite lens.  I like to use wide lens rather than
>> tele lens.
>>
>> I am now considering to buy a 2nd body.  However, I am in a dilemma of
>> which M body to buy.  Shall it be body with meter (M6 / M6 TTL) or
>> another purely mechanical one (M2 / M3 or M4).  MP and M7 is out of my
>> range. Logically speaking a M6 or M6 ttl seems to be a good complement
>> of a M2 and the VF of M6 seems to be brighter than M2.  However the
>> quality of build of M2 seems better than M6.  I gradually get used to
>> the way of using camera with no internal meter but it is no harm to 
>> have
>> additional convenience of a build-in meter.
>>
>> Any suggestions to me.
>>
>> Thx
>> Alex Fan
>>
>>
>>
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