Kent10D Posted October 9, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted October 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Someone had to do it! Â M6 users are people too, you know! Â :D 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Hi Kent10D, Take a look here I Love My M6!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bobkatz Posted October 9, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted October 9, 2007 Kent, me too,although mine is Ttl, one of the last leica series, and of course we have a heart too..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron110n Posted October 9, 2007 Share #3  Posted October 9, 2007 LOL Ken...  M6 is the camera that got me "again" addicted to film coming from a D2. Yes I still have it and there's no selling here cause that is my designated color negative body.. If you ran out of bettery and you have a hand-held meter with you... "It's already an M3 / M2" and the fun goes on!!!  I bet those guys at the M3 thread are calling me... "Traitor!!!  Let me add... with batteries working... you can also call it a psudo MP!  -Ron  Sorry... no gallery link... I'm at night school waiting for 7:00PM class to start. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent10D Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share #4 Â Posted October 9, 2007 I couldn't resist chiming in. The M3 and MP are getting way too much attention! Â Yes, the M6 is still a fine camera even after the battery goes dead. Mine is an M6 "Classic" (non-TTL) that was made in 1996, according to the serial number. I bought it just recently, complete with the original red-velvet lined plastic box, documentation, and outer packaging for what I consider to be a very reasonable price. It is in perfect shape ... still has the plastic on the bottom plate. Of course it won't stay that way. I'm already using it a lot, alongside my M8. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talus Posted October 9, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted October 9, 2007 love mine too. .85 TTL. FTMFW 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmogi10 Posted October 9, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted October 9, 2007 Love my M6! .85 TTL 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_j Posted October 11, 2007 Share #7 Â Posted October 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi- Â I bought my first M6 in'88 and the second in '89 or '90. I have traveled the world with both and neither has ever let me down. They just work! And... if the battery goes down, I can still take pictures! A few years ago, I had both worked on just because and will use them for another 20 years. Â As much as I am taken by the M8, all of the problems really turn me off. Besides, can't we buy a lot of film for five grand? Â Best 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frc Posted October 11, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted October 11, 2007 I love your M6! Â MP owner;-) Â Good thread, keep it going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent10D Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share #9 Â Posted October 11, 2007 Oh rats! Now I have to pop over to the "I love my MP" and "I love my M3" threads and tell them I love their cameras too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frc Posted October 11, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted October 11, 2007 Let's start a multi model thread. In an attempt to keep things together. ;-) ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscott Posted October 11, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted October 11, 2007 Let me say that I just love them all and would like at least one of each. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted October 11, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted October 11, 2007 Hmmmmm......... Â I wonder what would happen if a sinister moderator merged all these threads into the original "I love..." thread??? Â :D Â Keep the log rolling, guys! Â Thanks. Â Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Johnston Posted October 12, 2007 Share #13  Posted October 12, 2007 and now for something a little different, a portrait i did of my m6 using the traditional mezzotint medium. the serial number166xxx indicates it left the factory on 1/21/85 and is one of 4000 produced in that run. i had DAG do a cla and vf upgrade in 2005, and it is as good as new. i almost sold it once but my wife said not to. it is such a beauty. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/35319-i-love-my-m6/?do=findComment&comment=375212'>More sharing options...
pleeson Posted October 12, 2007 Share #14  Posted October 12, 2007 hi- As much as I am taken by the M8, all of the problems really turn me off. Besides, can't we buy a lot of film for five grand?  Best  I have an M6TTL, and love it. I develop and print my own B&W. Also shoot/scan slide film, averages $10 a roll. As I sit here scanning in ~400 images, the utility of digital emerges... For the equivalent of 430 rolls of Sensia, I just finally gave in and bought a demo M8. I'll never quit using the M6, but economy doesn't have much to do with it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted October 12, 2007 Share #15  Posted October 12, 2007 Have to pipe in too….. The M6 is the only film Leica that I ever bought new. I always wanted an M4 with a meter and the M5 just did not do it for me. So - when the M6 came out I bought it immediately. First year of production (Wetzlar) and probably the smoothest M I have owned; and you name it, I had it - M2, M3. M4, M5 etc.  It is not as pretty as it once was, has travelled the world and never let me down. Never has been touched by a technician and still works like charm. I do have an M7 as well and will have to decide which one to let go, with an M8 in the stable now I don’t think I need both an M6 and an M7. I like the convenience of the M7 but am leaning toward keeping the M6 simply for the fact that it is mechanical and built like a tank.  Best,  Jan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleeson Posted October 13, 2007 Share #16 Â Posted October 13, 2007 I'd sure keep the M6 over the M7.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted October 13, 2007 Share #17  Posted October 13, 2007 I do have an M7 as well and will have to decide which one to let go, with an M8 in the stable now I don’t think I need both an M6 and an M7. I like the convenience of the M7 but am leaning toward keeping the M6 simply for the fact that it is mechanical and built like a tank.  Jan, I live out in Fort Langley. If you decide to sell the M7, fire a note off to me. Thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted October 13, 2007 Share #18  Posted October 13, 2007 Jan, I live out in Fort Langley. If you decide to sell the M7, fire a note off to me. Thomas  Being the procrastinator that I am, it might take a while. I have also realized that the M7 with its 0.85 finder may come in handy sometimes..... The M7 0.85 finder is so close to the M3 that I miss and the M6 is such a workhorse and so smooth......Decisions, decisions....  Having sold a few Leica items in the past and regreting having sold them does not make it any easier.  Hmmmm.......  Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion Circle Posted October 13, 2007 Share #19 Â Posted October 13, 2007 I live in Vancouver, in the Shaughnessy area, so if you decide to sell the M7, I'll pay $2 more than thomasw_'s offer! Â Oh, BTW...how does one find out when thier camera was made? Where do I look up the serial #? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent10D Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share #20  Posted October 13, 2007 Oh, BTW...how does one find out when thier camera was made? Where do I look up the serial #?  I have a book that has lists of body and lens serial numbers, but you might be able to find what you're looking for here:  http://www.cameraquest.com/mtype.htm  Or you could start here:  http://nemeng.com/leica/011e.shtml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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