Leica m6

[Mark ashfield]

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Hi folks , finally whent for a m6 with a Leica 50mm f2 lens . Hope I have made the right decision. Not to clued on 35mm film cameras. I would appreciate eney advice ,regards mark.

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[plaidshirts]

Welcome to the club! You can't go wrong with an M6 and a Summicron 50. Depending on what you shoot, you'll probably want a 35mm lens as well. For detailed videos, do a quick search on Youtube and you'll find all the information you will ever need.

[B-A-C]

Congrats and post some pics.

[Graham (G4FUJ)]

This might help. I expect you can find it on the .com web site, too:

Leica M6 book

[sandro]

Beautiful second hand lenses for your M6 can be found at many places, and indeed the addition of a 35mm or 90mm could further help your fun with the M6!

Lex

[Trivette]

Congratulations on the M6 and 50/2. That has always been my favorite combo for film. Here is an example:

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[Susie]

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Hi Trivette,

I really like the look of your picture.  What film/developer combination did you use?

Susie

Edited December 4, 2018 by Susie

[Narsuitus]

On 11/26/2018 at 12:28 PM, Mark ashfield said:

... finally whent for a m6 with a Leica 50mm f2 lens .

Congratulations!

I use an M6 with 21/35/90mm lenses. These three lenses cover about 70% of the subjects I need to shoot.

What types of subjects do you plan on shooting?

If I preferred a 50mm instead of a 35mm, I would shoot with 28/50/90 or 24/50/90mm.

I highly recommend watching some of the Leica M6 videos on YouTube.com

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[M.RB]

Enjoy your M6.

I’ve no idea why everyone suggests more lenses.

I suggest to just use and enjoy your 50mm lens! You have everything you need to make memorable photographs, well you might need some film of course. 

I highly recommend not buying lenses or watching Youtube videos but instead to buy a lot of film and take a lot of pictures. No other advice will come anywhere close to this learning experience. Have a good one!

[plaidshirts]

Yes, by all means, listen to the voice that values its opinion above all others. Now excuse me while I sell all my lenses so I can buy more film.

Seriously though, shooting more is always good advice. 

[Michael Hiles]

95% of my pictures are made with a 50mm Summicron – my bag has lenses from 35mm to 200mm, but my pictures improve in correlation with practice and thinking. Different lenses can be useful in specific circumstances – the 200mm was hugely useful on a safari 2 years ago, when close proximity to a lion with a lean and hungry look seemed a risk too far.

[Narsuitus]

2 hours ago, M.RB said:

I’ve no idea why everyone suggests more lenses.

I bought an M6 because I needed interchangeable lenses; otherwise, I would have continued using my Canonet rangefinder with its single fixed lens.

[Nick Milner]

I've also just purchased an M6 with a 50mm Summicron. I think one lens is fine. Enjoy!

[Narsuitus]

On 11/26/2018 at 12:28 PM, Mark ashfield said:

Not to clued on 35mm film cameras. I would appreciate eney advice...

For a newbie who is not too clued on 35mm film cameras, simply buying a lot of film and shooting a lot of pictures can be a very costly learning experience.

[Michael Hiles]

I have long held the opinion that using film has the ability to improve photography because there is a cost to pressing the button. This is a much-neglected element of the craft. Keeping costs down implies thinking and learning. This also is much-neglected.

[M.RB]

I think the expression might be 'learning to walk before you run' and how else to learn how to walk but to expose film to light and start closing the loop on what you do vs what the result is?! "A costly learning experience"!!! Film is cheap, expose as much as you can, it will never be enough. Use cheaper 'consumer' film if cost really is an issue. It's a film camera, it needs film!

A more practical suggestion might be to get prints along with the development once you are up and running, assuming you use colour negative film, or to find a community darkroom course if you intend to use black & white and have any interest in printing your own. The printed (or projected) image is surely what an M6/50mm lens is all about.

Having said all that, I see OP is already asking about 'a landscape lens' in another thread, so no worries, good luck with that.

Edited December 8, 2018 by M.RB

[atournas]

I bought my M6 twenty-one years ago, along with a 35mm Summicron. Today, I still use this combo. That's a piece of advice, not a comment! 

Do not set yourself aback by not taking successful photographs from the very beginning. Film Leica M's expect EVERYTHING to be done by the photographer! And one more thing: listen to the posts above and don't fall into the trap of starting a lens racing. Your 50mm is absolutely adequate. Learn the M6 and the lens first---in the years to come. Post some of your pictures soon.

Paul

[earleygallery]

On 11/26/2018 at 6:28 PM, Mark ashfield said:

Hi folks , finally whent for a m6 with a Leica 50mm f2 lens . Hope I have made the right decision. Not to clued on 35mm film cameras. I would appreciate eney advice ,regards mark.

My advice would be to read up about how the meter in your camera works. If you don't have a manual you can find one on the web or download the (film model) MP manual from the Leica website as most of it is the same.

 

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[pixie]

Congratulations! Enjoy the M6 and shoot film, lots..

Practice focussing and also guessing distance before putting camera to eye.

Check your negs or slides and compare to frame!*

Now! DO NOT ADD LENSES for one year.

Use 1 film type same way.

After a year you may prefer a 35mm a 28mm or the 90mm.

Go slowly, less to carry, less to decide.

Use a filter to protect lens and lens hood always.

My M6TTL is baby of my M's being 18  years old.

The M6 frames worst of my Leica M, for exact framing..

In spite of that, meter nice, quick to load and fun to shoot.

 

 

[Geoff Marshall]

Welcome to the club, the M6 is a fantastic camera and you can’t go wrong with the 50 cron. You will probably take more bad images than good for quite a while but once you get more experienced with this setup you will love it. 

Geoff.