Ron, very nice shots! I really like the angle and colour in #1
Malkovic, simple and elegant composition. Nice shot!
Phil, superb portrait!!! Love it, the tone and expression
Joe, very nice shot! The 28 Cron is in my favourite bag As much as I would love to try the M6 with film, I don't think I have the patience for it. I do love the digital work flow now. In many ways, my thinking is that with film with the beautiful colours and richness, you do end up scanning with the view to work in a digital PP workflow anyway. That being said, I might have to try it
Thx for the kind words all. Ron, thanks for the tips on the lighting of cars.
Just a quick question for you all - say i am keen to try a film M camera- which would you recommend? Something with a light meter built in and does not cost an arm and a leg. Also, preferably with good resale value incase my experiment with it turns out disastrous. Many thanks!
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Thx for the kind words all. Ron, thanks for the tips on the lighting of cars.
Just a quick question for you all - say i am keen to try a film M camera- which would you recommend? Something with a light meter built in and does not cost an arm and a leg. Also, preferably with good resale value incase my experiment with it turns out disastrous. Many thanks!
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KL
I have a M6 TTL with rewinder and has the best of both worlds w/light meter built into when batteries are inserted, plus can use w/o batteries thus meter won't work, just have to have your manual metering down.
The resale value is pretty bad, many people want to lowball these days, because they think they might lose money also if they don't like it. I never got a reasonable offer from anyone when I tried to re-sale my M6 TTL .58 thus I kept it for later on usage or will sell when times a better or the value goes up. And it is super clean like new!
The only Ms with light meters built in are those since the M5, inclusive, but that larger body is not everyone's cuppa, so perhaps an M6 non-TTL, which is cheaper than the TTL. All film Ms have good resale value if you buy used for a fair price and keep it in good shape.
This is not a particularly interesting picture - but the 75/APO lens is really a stunning lens, which is (in my opinion) a bit hard to use though i can't pinpoint exactly why. I really love this lens and it makes a great complement to a wider lens - One of the very nice things is the .7m MFD which really allows close pictures that fill up the screen, the second nice thing being the focal length which doesn't limit one to just telephoto use (IMO). Most of the pictures ive taken so far are family pictures which i can't post - but i hope to post some more samples in the near future.
Thanks Charles I agree with you on the 28Cron, I can't leave home without it I think with regards to film, you might want to find a good lab that will develop and scan for you to save you the hassle.
Thanks Luka Very nice set, 3rd and last pics are my favorites from this set.
Lovinglife, nice shot and colors with the 75Cron.
Phil, nice portrait with the CV lens. Renders nicely. How many 50mm lenses do you have?
KL, if you're looking for a film Leica, buying used makes sense. Not sure about the market in Singapore, but used prices seems to be quite stable past 1-2 years over here in the US. As others have pointed out, consider the M6, M6 TTL, M7 or MP for built in metering. The older M3s are also very popular. The M3 does not have metering (single stroke versions with serial > 110xxxx are very much in demand) but the M3 has the best finder for any Leica with 50/90/ 135 frame-lines (0.91x magnification). Buying a used M3, you might have to give the camera a thorough check or CLA. The finder is prone to yellowing or separation.
On the newer Ms, you can't go wrong with any of these:
Original M6: has a slightly smaller form factor than the M6 TTL and this is a great shooter. Only quirk is that the shutter dial is the opposite direction to the digital Ms. Not an issue to most but was an issue for me and I sold mine and switched to a M6 TTL now.
M6 TTL: M6 with build in TTL flash metering. This one drains batteries quickly but other than that, its also a nice film shooter.
M7 - has aperture priority mode if you are in a hurry Shutter is electronic but if you run out of batteries, still allows you to shoot mechanically at 1/60s or 1/125s.
New MP - new meaning the current generation, introduced in 2003. (The original MP was introduced in the 1950s, and a collectors item.) These are built like a tank, really smooth to use and very desirable.
The nice thing about the M6/M6 TTL/ M7 and MP is that you can get one with various finder magnifications 0.58, 0.72 or 0.85.
The M6 & M6 TTL finder is prone to flare. You can upgrade to a MP finder for approx $200 here in the US.
Check for smoothness on the rewind film advance, it may be difficult to repair on the older film Ms.
Thx Joe (wow, you KNOW your film cameras!), Phil, Ron and Carstenw for the wealth of information! Going to read up on the leads pronto.
one quick question - is it safe to transport exposed negatives through airport security? Main reason for getting a filmm M camera is for travel (as second camera body). Tx!
Another great set Denoir! Lovely compositions all of them.
very interesting shot LL.
Yes, I like #4 a lot too, but the whole set is great.
LL, very nice example.
Phil, that B&W Nocti portrait is killer!
Joe, as I may have mentioned before, you've got me thinking more and more about 28mm!
Window shopping. It was a Sunday visit to Lausanne, so my CC was spared a possible onslaught
Lovinglife, nice shot! Very nice colours
Luka, excellent set of shots! #3, 4 and 5 are my favourites. Beautiful examples of how the 35 and 50 Lux render
Ron, nice shot! Hopefully the GF was near by shopping Very nice skin tones, in mixed artificial lighting!
