Brand new to Leica...two images for you

Hello all,

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I am a proud new owner of a M6 TTL (.72) and 35mm f2

(non-asph). Have owned just about every type of camera over

the past 15 years (mostly MF) but always wanted a M.

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Sold off most all of my MF stuff (Hassy, Mamiya, Pentax) (I am no

longer photographing for a living) and decided to "take the

plunge".

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Anyway...

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Here is a link to two shots off my first Leica roll.

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http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder.tcl?folder_id=190753

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I am still getting used to the "feel" of the camera, but I am totally

amazed at the overall quality. I have never seen 35mm negs

with so much detail. I am also a long time Nikon user, and was

never able to get this type of resolution using that system. And

that M6 shutter.....! Wow. This could be the beginning of a

BEUUUTIFUL friendship.

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Thanks for taking a look....any critique is more than welcome (I

have thick skin!)

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Cheers

Welcome! Thanks for sharing the photos. I'm new to Leica (been

about a month or so), and I've posted a few photos as well

(snapshots):

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http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=78211

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I too was happy with the 1st roll. And it keeps getting better.

Hope you have a nice projector to let the images shine, I bought a

Leica with the colorplan 90/2.5 lens. Anyway, keep up the postings!

Hi Rich, your pictures reminds me of the few days I spent in

Monterey. Sigh... wanna swap living for a while? You get to live an

hour from the polar circle in Sweden, and I get to live in Monterey

(yes!) :-)

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I am also a new Leica user, have had the camera (M6 + 1970 summicron

50/2) four months. The black & white negatives are beautiful but I

find it rather difficult, actually, to get that quality to show in

the print. A bit frustrating. Colour negatives are nice too, but

being at the mercy of a store (for colour prints) makes it even more

difficult to get the quality in print. The only disappointment so far

is colour positive film but perhaps the Fujichrome 400 I used isn't

that great. I'll try something slower, such as Kodak E100s, some day

(I prefer negative film). Sounds like I'm not happy with my purchase

but I am! With some effort I have been able to make b&w prints that

are very nice and almost show how good the negatives are. I suspect

that my photo clubs enlarger is out of alignment.

My story is more or less the same. I used to own six Nikon bodies

with numerous lenses, Rolleiflex and Fuji MF, etc.

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I sold everything and now I live happily with my two Leica M6,

visoflex system, and a couple of M lenses including what I think is

the best lens in the world - 75mm Summilux - something that you

should really consider.

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Just my personal opinion, get the 35mm ASPH summicron, IT DOES MAKE A

DIFFERENCE!