I love the fact that my M6 will power through roll after roll of film and I don’t have to worry about a battery running out, as if it does I can get 2 LR44 cells pretty much in any convenience store or electrics shop. The MP is the same in this respect, but again it is the price issue that trumps it. If the camera runs out of batteries you can still use it, you just cannot use the meter. The M6 is a mechanical camera, that happens to have a meter. This brings me on to my next reason why I love the M6.
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The M7 is also full to the brim with electronic whatnots and thingummys, which is all the more to break down. A Leica is meant to be something that you learn to use, something that you have to develop a relationship with. Digital cameras were finally starting to be taken seriously and I think that Leica had reached the peak with the M6, what else could you add? I think Aperture priority has no place on a Leica M camera, it makes things too easy. It was meant to be the next step, the evolution but it came at a difficult time. It is not really much of anything in my opinion. The M7…well, I am not a big fan of that particular camera. The M6 is not immune to this either, in fact the M6 has had more silly special editions than all of the M cameras, and some of them are downright daft.īut a regular run of the mill M6 is not all that expensive and it will last you a very long time indeed. This is such a shame, it is a camera and it yearns to be used. They will sit in a box, in a safe or on a shelf and never have a roll through them in case it lowers the value. I handle a lot of really amazing Leica cameras, special editions and whatnot, and it makes me feel a little bit down sometimes as I know that some of them will never be used. Shooting with a Leica camera is expensive enough, it doesn’t need to be overly expensive. Buying 2 MP’s would require that I sell some of my organs, which I am rather attached to. 2 bodies means 2 different focal lengths and more shots. If I am out shooting on the street, I would like to be able to have 2 bodies with me. I could even have a black paint TTL and have change, a lot of change. And for the price of one clean MP, I can have 2 stunning M6’s. If you have the money then this is not really a problem, but many of us don’t have the money. The MP is made to such high standards that it doesn’t take much to put it off kilter. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to have an MP, but at the same time I don’t want a camera that I would have to cradle, as they do tend to be rather fragile beasts. So why do I like the M6 so much? What about the MP? The M7? They have meters in them.īasically for me the M6 is the ultimate user experience in a Leica camera when you really want to get the most out of your camera. But no, I feel that the true evolution of Leica design was to have a meter in the camera and I think that the M6 is the camera that has done this perfectly. So, for purists I am a heathen or something. I want a meter in my Leica, not on my Leica but in my Leica. Whilst the M4 is a beautiful camera, which ticks many of the right boxes, it is missing something that I want, something major. OK then, the M4 is the camera that you are looking for, it has the angled winders, the framelines, the bright viewfinder and quick loading. Well, yes it does, but it also has the original vertical film rewind, which is too fiddly for me, I want to wind my film fast and get things done. Then what about the M2 I hear you ask, that has 35mm framelines. Mainly the lack of 35mm framelines, that is a biggie for me as I shoot pretty much exclusively in 35mm. While the M3 is a stunning piece of engineering and design, there are things about the camera that stop me from owning one. Leica has made some great cameras and I have had the great pleasure to be able to have used almost all of them (still not got my hands on an 0 or an Elmax). I think that the Leica M6 is the best M-series analogue rangefinder camera that Leica ever made! Now that I have your attention let me explain myself. I have also got the enviable position of being able to try out more cameras than you can shake a stick at, and I have come to a conclusion that may put a few noses out of joint. I have been through a lot of cameras in my time, and I have owned a few different Leica bodies. Why I think the M6 is the best Leica rangefinder