FM2N Posted December 23, 2012 Share #641 Posted December 23, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yet you stuck a Zeiss lens on - heresy! Excommunication! Flogging in front of the Fleet keel hauled and no breakfast for you my lad...... (ps quite like the bayonet hood mount....sssshhhh) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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colint544 Posted December 23, 2012 Share #642 Posted December 23, 2012 I love my M6, but I also love my M2. Is it wrong to post a shot of both of them together? 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! 4 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=2196546'>More sharing options...
kivis Posted December 24, 2012 Share #643 Posted December 24, 2012 I love my M6, but I also love my M2. Is it wrong to post a shot of both of them together?nice lens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted December 24, 2012 Share #644 Posted December 24, 2012 Right way round. 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! 4 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=2197076'>More sharing options...
lincoln_m Posted December 24, 2012 Share #645 Posted December 24, 2012 For a moment there I thought you had 2off 35 summilux asph. I was glad to notice the same serial number on the lenses, for my envy you understand. Perhaps the other lens is 50 summilux asph? I think you love your M2 more? Let me guess B&W in M2 & colour in M6. Lincoln Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted December 24, 2012 Share #646 Posted December 24, 2012 Other lens is a 28 'cron. And yes, these days it's colour in the M6, B&W in the M2. I'm very attached to the M6, since it's gone everywhere with me these past 17 years. Not had the M2 that long, but it's growing on me. It's a thing of beauty, and splendidly made. But there's a purposeful feel to the M6, with its tough steel gears. It's never once let me down, and some of my favourite shots have been taken with it. Best regards, Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted December 27, 2012 Share #647 Posted December 27, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought only the M3 had brass gears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted December 27, 2012 Share #648 Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) I'm not the world's greatest expert on Leica Ms, but I always believed that all M cameras (until the mid-seventies), including M2, M3, and M4 (and I think M5), were all brass machines, including the internal geartrains. Stronger steel gears were introduced to cope with the advent of motor drives. I've just consulted google, and there's a fair bit of information which would seem to confirm this. Edited December 27, 2012 by colint544 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted December 27, 2012 Share #649 Posted December 27, 2012 Apologies. I somehow equated double winding in the early M3 to brass gears. Steel gears were in fact introduced not with the M2 but rather later. "The change from brass to steel for some gears made the M4-2 suitable for the motorwinder (which I personally would never recommend) and the steel makes for more durable components." From How to choose M My view is that among M Leicas, the M2 is the leanest, meanest picture taking machine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM2N Posted December 27, 2012 Share #650 Posted December 27, 2012 M6TTl with 90mm Elmarit-M 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! 5 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=2198945'>More sharing options...
kivis Posted December 28, 2012 Share #651 Posted December 28, 2012 How to choose M great read. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted December 28, 2012 Share #652 Posted December 28, 2012 "The change from brass to steel for some gears made the M4-2 suitable for the motorwinder (which I personally would never recommend) and the steel makes for more durable components." fwiw, there is a big difference between the earlier M4-2 era motorwinder and the current motorwinder. The old one had a lot more torque and could stress the gears. But the new one (Leica Motor-M (Winder) 14408 B&H Photo Video) is quite benign by comparison. DAG and any good Leica tech will modify early brass gear Ms to work with the current motorwinder. The older one was also quite large and cumbersome and w/o the grip (plus the camera would easily tip over if set down.) I believe this is what Puts was referring to, and not the current motorwinder. I personally find the current one to be worthwhile in photojournalism type work (documentary.) Here's the original motorwinder on the M4-2 with a comparison to the current 14408 model on the M6: 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! 4 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=2199428'>More sharing options...
payasam Posted December 28, 2012 Share #653 Posted December 28, 2012 "DAG and any good Leica tech will modify early brass gear Ms to work with the current motorwinder." I take it that this would not include replacing brass gears with steel ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted December 28, 2012 Share #654 Posted December 28, 2012 "DAG and any good Leica tech will modify early brass gear Ms to work with the current motorwinder." I take it that this would not include replacing brass gears with steel ones. He changes it over to the M4/6 rapid loading system and installs the motor coupling. He can change over to steel gears too, if that's what a customer requests. But apparently he feels that the current motorwinder poses no problems and doesn't have enough torque to create any issues. And if brass gears ever do fail, that's an easier repair then the mess that could be created if steel gears failed (whether using a winder or not.) I use the current 14408 motorwinder as a rapid winder (single frame advance) and rarely as a continuous advance. It advances the film and cocks the shutter mechanically and probably with less force and a lot more evenly than somebody trying to do it rapidly by hand. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
payasam Posted December 28, 2012 Share #655 Posted December 28, 2012 Understood. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balto Posted January 3, 2013 Share #656 Posted January 3, 2013 My M6 is my most favorite camera I've ever owned, here she is sporting her black dot and new 35mm 1.2 II 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hristo19 Posted January 7, 2013 Share #657 Posted January 7, 2013 My first leica, Leica M6 Classic and i love it so far. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Lichter Posted January 18, 2013 Share #658 Posted January 18, 2013 . 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! 10 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=2218062'>More sharing options...
LiveLeicaLike Posted January 20, 2013 Share #659 Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) A great camera! It's my first Leica which I purchased by a local dealer. I was going to buy a Fuji X Pro, but they got this nice M6TTL 0,85 from a Leica collector and I couldn't resist my desire. 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! Edited January 20, 2013 by LiveLeicaLike smaller picture 10 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=2220322'>More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted January 21, 2013 Share #660 Posted January 21, 2013 You will not regret this decision - M6 + 0.85x + 50 Summicron = can't get much better from here ;-) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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