Difference in value of Black vs Silver M6 TTL

[durr3]

In the same condition what is the differnce in value of a M6TTL Black

vs Silver?

[Bill Blackwell Images]

Although there were fewer chrome examples made (most people prefer black), there should be no difference in value.

[michael_kastner]

Ditto... check for example eBay...

[erik_l.]

With a reflective meter the difference is about 2 to 3 stops. Depends on the lighting and the amount of use the black or silver finish has seen.

 

Erik.

[al_kaplan1]

If you're looking at it from an investment standpoint there's no way to predict values in 25 or 50 years. Who ever would have guessed that 50+ year old Japanese made Nicca bodies would be worth more today than the pre-war Leicas they were copied from? Buy an M6 TTL, use it, make great pictures with it, and stop trying to predict the future.

[durr3]

Al, I have had a Black M6ttl for a year or so and love it. But when I bought it I really wanted the chrome and I guess I still do. I was not looking so much for the investment advise. More to the trading advise. Looks like an even swap to me. Thanks for all the advise.

I shoot mostly with my 35 cron and the 50 lux. I cannot get the focus thing down on my 90 elmarit. Practice, I know.

[Allen Herbert]

I find that silver shines in my eyes under certain lighting conditions.

 

Bit of a worry really to have shining silver eyes.

[frank granovski]

Wouldn't "silver" wear better?

[eliot_rosen1]

No difference in value, nor do I think there every will be, too many of each type were made. The M6TTL is not a collectible and I tend to doubt it ever will be. Too many around.

[kevin m.]

"I cannot get the focus thing down on my 90 elmarit. Practice, I know."

 

Nobody else can either, that's why God made autofocus. ;-)

[paul_rybolt]

Monetary value aside, I prefer the extra weight of the silver cameras. the brass

shell adds just enough extra weight to feel better in my hands. Same thing

with the silver lenses.

[jury]

silver is so pretty. classic m6 is even prettier. shorter by 2mm and no alkazeltser on top.

[icuneko]

<...that's why God made autofocus.>

 

 

Hmmm ... I always thought Honeywell made autofocus. (One could argue

that God made Honeywell, and then another would say, "evolution." Whoever made it, Konica's Hexar AF perfected it!)

[eliot_rosen1]

Paul, I could be wrong but I don't think the M6 silver cameras are any heavier than the black ones. The silver, titanium, and black paint lenses are definitely heavier. But I thought the cameras were the same weight. Does anyone have any definitive information on this, because I'm not really sure?

[Bill Blackwell Images]

Eliot is right. All M6 "production" camera tops are made of a zinc alloy. There is absolutely no difference in weight between black and silver.

[Bill Blackwell Images]

Silver chrome lenses are brass; they are heavier than their black counterparts.

[michael_kastner]

Purely "astheically" I find chrome nicer, but really "practically" black is always better (for lenses too) since my ability to read all numbers on dials and rings is easier with yellow on black than with red on silver...

[al_kaplan1]

Durr, always have your lens, 90 or otherwise, set closer to infinity than what you think your subject is. That way you always know which way to turn it. Don't fiddle back and forth! When the images align SHOOT! Unles you're shooting really large apertures at short distance you can still be off a bit and depth of field will cover you.

[kevin m.]

Yes, but if you like shooting at large f-stops closer than ten feet, then buy something with "EOS" in the name. ;-)

[durr3]

Thanks AL and Kevin, I have a 20D, but i use the M6 more. Old habits Iguess.

[MarkPS]

The M11 has a difference in weight between the silver and black editions. The silver is heavier and made if a different material.  The M6s weigh the same regardless of color. 

[robert_ante]

Never took to the M6. When I came out I needed all the help I needed from a viewfinder because of eye problem. The M6 vf not up to M3 or M4 standards. Folks who worked at Leica at the time told me there were also shortcuts taken inside camera. No longer have eye problems, but still no M6.

Never had a problem focusing a 90mm lens on an M3 or M4. Not the 135mm. By the way, Leitz was one of the pioneers in the development of auto focusing. I remember several articles on auto focusing in Leica magazine. Research probably ended when Leitz suffered from financial difficulties.