:) Hi

I've heard that fine grain sandpaper works, but I just put my camera in the canvas bag and bring it everyday.:)

I just got mine today. Waiting for the 35 biogon.

M6 and 35 Biogon...I approve


quick snap, ignore context.

I aprove too. The biogon is on the wishlist. Looking forward to se what you can do with it, kipkeston.

I'm extremely curious to see what I can do with it. It's not like buying another SLR or even buying another DSLR in my case. I sense it will lead me to a new vision. I think it will certainly influence my style.

I am sure it will influense your style. You will start to think different - you have to. I have to learn manual exposure and focus all over again after too many years with the big and mighty Nikons. You have to slow down and actually think. Just with the first roll I have got the beginning of a style I have never shot before. So for sure you will have a new stile.

Let's form a brass band...
 

Bought my M like this, got it cheap because of the bad state:cool:

Apparently some like it that way. :) Now you don't have to shoot so much because yours already have the brassing. :p

I didn't know that "M4 black paint" and "cheap" could go together :D

What bad state? :)

New member
 

Hi,

I am new in this forum and this is my first post and pic of my only Leica gear.....


cheers,

Jos

Not a bad combo you've got going there. Cheers mate

yes, the beer is not as good as in north germany, but it helps ALOT ;-)


cheers,


Jos

I am sure it will influense your style. You will start to think different - you have to.

Isn't this odd? Its true. When you use a Leica M you do look at photography differently somehow. It has to do with being fully manual and in my case having no built in meter. By using a wide lens (35mm usually) and zone focusing and by estimating exposure (having first made a check with my hand held meter then putting it away) it somehow frees me to think about the image. It also helps that the viewfinder allows you to see more of what is around the field of view as well as what is in it. My AF, multizone focus, multizone metering, digital Nikon does not have the same effect on my thinking although in theory it should be more liberating.

My strap is
 

just a strap from a purse I bought at Goodwill. It took about 10 trips of looking before a purse showed up with a strap I liked. There is not any metal or any adjustments to make, but it is a little slippery on the shoulder.

My New To me M6.. tee hee!

My Martin Parr M6TTL special!
 

Until last night, my M6TTL was just another leica body. Martin Parr came to give an open lecture at the local university last night and so I went along. Great lecture and afterwards there was the opening of a national open student drawing competition in the same building. So I gladly picked up a glass of wine and had a wander, shooting a few frames with my M6TTL. MP autographed various items for the local photography students. As he left. I wondered what I could ask him to sign? Conveniently, leica left the top plate of my chrome M6TTL without engravings just for this very purpose. So out came my Sharpie pen and hey presto! I suppose I'll now have to retire this body and use my M2 instead!!

Any suggestions

Charlie

Time to hit the Goodwill. I like that strap too. Looks like the artisan and artist, but I'm sure a lot less expensive.

MP shot with M2

M4P+ summitar 50/2

One of my current gear

M7 0.72 with 35mm Summicron 7-elements

One of my favourite collection:

MP3 with black paint rapidwinder and 35mm Summilux pre-asph:)

Here's my 96 black one. I had a 91 chrome but I returned it and bought this one.

thanks and they are sweet indeed.:rolleyes: Here come another one:

Olive M2 with 50mm Summicron.

Nice Olive M2 with 50mm Summicron Brad....um, i mean edho......