Yes, the M6 was the first Leica camera with a built-in LED light meter. This complicates a bit the shooting experience in my opinion.įor longer focal you’ll see some lenses with googles attached to it but they are not ideal because they tend to be heavy and if you’re shooting handled, it can be a little uncomfortable so better choosing the right finder first that fix it later. If you want to use a focal length that doesn’t fall on any of these tramlines, you would have to rely on an external viewfinder to compose the shot and use the main finder to focus and get the meter reading. Apparently some of the Classics can also be found with a 0.85x finder but most of the time you will find the alternative finders on the M6 TTL. The first version of the M6 which is referred as the “M6 Classic” came with a 0.72x finder. 0.58x Finder: Here you loose the 135mm but get extra space around the widest 28mm frame and comes with the following pairs: 28-90, 50-75, and a stand-alone 35mm frame.If you like shooting with longer lenses this could be a good option for you. 0.85x Finder: On this one you loose the 28mm and get the 35-135, 50-75 and a stand-alone 90 frame.0.72x Finder: This is the standard finder comes with 3 sets of frame lines pairs so 6 different focal lengths in total, which are the: 28-90, 35-135 and 50-75.The most common finder you’ll encounter is the 0.72x- but there are also finders with a 0.58x or 0.85x magnification and each of them are suited for different set of focal lengths. Choosing the right finder is essential to suit your style of shooting and preferred focal lengths. This is a big deal and I want to start right off with the finder because it is the most important factor to consider when buying an M6 or a rangefinder in general. There are worse things in life than indulging yourself in things that you like.Best Leica M6 Finder Magnification: 0.58x, 0.72x or 0.85x? 8^)īut if you like the camera and are willing to accept that someday it will be a paperweight, heck, enjoy. if I can ever afford a Pentax 645D body assuming that they actually get to market with it. (I hold out the same hope for my two Pentax 645 lenses. At least for the Leica M lenses have not become obsolete and the digital M body means future products. but investing over a thousand dollars into a 35mm film camera for which the future is completely certain, and not an upside, seems unwise to me. heck, I bought a two lens, four magazine Pentax 645 kit with a ton of extras recently for the princely sum of $200, which blows away either the Contax G2 or the Leica M on image quality with a negative that's over 3x larger area and darn good lenses. You can get a lot of good gear like this at bargain prices nowadays. Which means that parts, service, and support will soon dry up. I put Contax in the past tense because it's out of production. The Leica M4-P and M6TTL worked without my thinking, I just twiddled the nobs, framed and shot. The Contax had (note past tense*) excellent lenses and produced superbly exposed negatives, but the way it operated best I found bothersome and frustrating. But ignoring that, I had Leica M gear prior to having the Contax G2 kit, and went back to Leica M afterwards.
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