Obviously, yes. I do that too. But when it is in the bag for protection, unexpected opportunities still arise. Couldn't we all bore for hours about missed opportunities?Your camera is never exactly ready for action in a camera bag. If you want your camera ready for action, take it out out of the camera bag and have it ready to go.
Actually no, because it's a turn-switch. Although it's a pity to add such a nubbly thing to a sleek body, it solved the issue for me.Sort of looks like the button on that gizmo replacing your battery cover could get pressed in your camera bag causing the battery to run down.
We all feel much better, don't we? Don't we?But I get it. Leica is releasing a $5500 camera so you just need to make yourself feel better.
I think that it is a very good thing that it is or will be a regular production item.
Price is all relative, of course.
It looks like this new M6 costs about the same as one months rent on a studio apartment in Sunnyvale (and that was back in 2019 when I was still living and working there).
I was doing camera fairs when the M6 came out and the store next to (the owner was a friend) traded me a brand new M6 for my trusty old M4. I ended up hating that camera so much I traded it off in 6 moths and bought another M4. I found the VF flare and meter (compared to my M4) horrible. Around 2007 I bought a new M7 with the current flare free finder and love it. Leica would even replace the initial run that had the flarey M6 finder with the better and more expensive finder for free. Still have the M7 and M4, both given CLA in the last 18 months and still going strong. Wife will probably bury me (or cremate me) with the two cameras. Recently picked up a mint M2. The M2, M3, and M4 were truly the best cameras that Leica ever built. When the brought out the M7 and current film cameras they seem built to the same standard. Don't even ask my opinion of the M4-2 (had one bought new).On paper it’s better than the old M6, which I sold after having bought it new, because, coming from an M4, I found it a bit vulnerable with the zinc top. And although I might have been a bit picky in the old days, compared to an M4 that was true. So now they finally listened to me and changed the top plate with messing, GREAT! I might even swap my M10-R for it. I’d have preferred the larger shutter dial from the M6TTL and M7, but ok, I might go loving it on a longer run, because it give this old M4 feeling. I look forward to the anti-flare coatings, which might mean a step forward after the MP
I agree with this. The only new film camera I'd buy is a new M7, just because it's new. Can't any fault with my M7.I really don't get this. Why go backwards instead of forwards? Release a camera that is an evolution of the M7. Totally not interested in this one. I'd love to buy a new Leica but it has to make sense.
With a mean of 20 films per year would that be 20 years of pleasure, which digital M will deliver that? The thing is that once bought a digital camera, you‘re in a canal of buying every new version of the original model with more pixels. With film you might be in a canal of trying every newly hyped film, but in the end that’s a cheaper kind of GAS.
Sure, but at least it's just a simple switch, then you are ready to shoot. On the M6, you have to run through all the speeds from B to get there. So if you carry the camera in a bag, it isn't exactly ready for action. I'm surprised Leica hasn't taken the opportunity to improve on this arrangement.
I have a machined turn-switch that screws in, replacing the battery cover. (Wish I could recall the name of the wonderful guy who made it. EDIT: It was Larry Welker. I don't think he is still in business, though.) It means I can operate without any distracting LEDs once I have checked light levels. They can be switched back on with the fingertips. The meter is nice to have on board, and it works very well, but it is distracting.
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You'll notice I had to add two improvements to my Summicron 50 too (tab ring and rigid lens hood).
Welcome to the world of luxury products, where emotional appeal is the #1 selling point. And one of those emotions is the implied promise of a "forever" camera.
Leica's products for more forward-minded buyers are the Q, S- and SL-systems.
I was doing camera fairs when the M6 came out and the store next to (the owner was a friend) traded me a brand new M6 for my trusty old M4. I ended up hating that camera so much I traded it off in 6 moths and bought another M4. I found the VF flare and meter (compared to my M4) horrible. Around 2007 I bought a new M7 with the current flare free finder and love it. Leica would even replace the initial run that had the flarey M6 finder with the better and more expensive finder for free. Still have the M7 and M4,
I wonder if these sort of things might be considered more of a low risk investment rather than a camera?
If it had been a limited run. If it's an unlimited edition, the camera will lose value as soon as you buy it and won't regain it (until some time after Leica stops making them).
Making sense has nothing to do with shooting film or even digital. We do it because we like to.
He said it absolutely ensures production of new parts that can be used for older cameras.
-In an interview session I asked what the re-release of the M6 means for M repairs. He said it absolutely ensures production of new parts that can be used for older cameras. (He also said that when the M6 was announced internally, Leica's service center staff rejoiced because the resurgence in film has meant an increase in older bodies sent in to be brought back up to spec.)
This includes the M6 light meter. Actually, Jesko said that one of the difficulties in bringing the M6 back was sourcing similar parts for the meter's electronics. Great news for anyone with a currently-meterless M6.
Its a lot of money for a slow shutter camera. I can buy another 3 Minolta CLEs and 6 Leica CLs for the same money.
If they did $3000 price at least 2000 shutter made in Portugal maybe I can consider a .50 m6. But 6G is crazy town.
DO we know for a fact the parts are interchangeable? If so. Buy an old Leica. It makes no sense to buy a new one. Is the meter that much diffrent "better" to cost extra 3gs?Sweet. Nine cameras that I don’t want. And also nine cameras that there are no spare parts for.
DO we know for a fact the parts are interchangeable? If so. Buy an old Leica. It makes no sense to buy a new one. Is the meter that much diffrent "better" to cost extra 3gs?
The lens is 99.9999% of the picture if the shutter speeds are correct.
The camera I have been eyeing went down 5% since the announcement.
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