andre_bosmans Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Have Minilux + M6 with 2/28,2/35,2/50,2.8/90 lenses and very happy with all. Would you spend money to body, say 6ttl(0.85) or the new 2/75? Do quite some weddings for friends but buying both is not possible. What would you recommend? Thanks for your ideas/comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_white2 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 If you need a second body, you need a second body. If you need a 75mm lens, you need a 75mm lens. if you need both, well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Blackwell Images Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 You have a nice little system going there. The 75mm focal length is sandwiched roughly halfway between the 50 and 90 and too close to both to have all three. IMHO, your next lens should be a 24 or a 21. Prices on new Leica gear will increase by about 15% across the board as of July 1 and you will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to find bargains because of Leica's new pricing policy. Prices on used gear will surely reflect this. Whatever is on your "want" list should be gotten now before the price increase. Right now a used M6 is a best buy in Leicaville (if you can find one). If you want to buy new, may I suggest Tony Rose (www.popflash.com). Be sure to do whatever you plan to do BEFORE July 1st. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it ...” – Yogi Berra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee hamiel Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 If I were shooting a wedding I would want a second body. Al is the guy for this thread to give you good advice. Are you shooting flash or natural light? If it were me I would sell the Minilux perhaps & keep either the 28 or 35 - whichever you use more & sell the other; keep the 50 for sure; maybe sell the 90 & get the 75 if the f/stop & natural light is a factor or get a clean used 75 'lux; Consider getting an M3 or another M6 to mount the 50 on & put either the 28/35 or the 75/90 on the M6 & swap out as needed. I believe it was Al who recommended this but a great idea is to have your body straps short for say the wide lens body & longer for the standard or longer lenses body so there is no confusion while shooting. Plus it keeps the bodies from clanging into each other. Also - with two bodies you can load 72 frames of film at a time. If you keep the Minilux maybe keep it in the mix for the "out of film at the wrong time" moments for a back-up. If you decide to sell the Minilux - I may be interested:) Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_d5 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Second body(.85) would make sense. Leica is not the fastest in changing film. Think of all the time you could loose if you run out of film. Your system is more than good enough. I am also trying to add another Leica M body, and I only have two lenses. 40/2 and 90/2.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_moravec1 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Second body. You have pleanty of glass. Pretty soon you have so much you can`t carry it and then it is decision time everytime you leave home. I would not dare shoot a wedding without a backup camera and neither would any self-respecting phogographer. You always can have color and monochrome or high speed and low speed film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 2nd body! I have only M3 + 50 & 90mm 'cron, but 'll get WA + body ASAP and might tend to leave 50mm at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Get a second body! You can always do a fast lens swap between 2 bodies and give yourself 72 frames with which to work. Get an incident light meter! You don't need another metered body. And you sure don't need glass between the 50 and 90mm you already have. Many of us almost never use anything between 35 and 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johns1 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Another vote for 2nd body. Make sure this next body is the same v/f mag as your first. Now, for the third body, experiment with the .58 v/f. (I lust after the 28/2.0 but, for now, my Canon 28/2.8 LTM answers every need in this focal length.) 75mm? Yes but buy the Heliar 75/2.5 first to see if you like this length. If you don't, you can eBay the Heliar for close to what you paid after a few months. If you like, be good and ask Santa for the 75 'Cron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey_edelstein1 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 I'm with Al, a second body makes for less lens changing and more film loaded and ready to shoot during the wedding. And if you don't have backup in case something fails you won't get a second chance to get wedding shots and you will fail your big responsibility to record the wedding for your friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anhtu Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Just a bit left of field - but I can see an Epson RD-1 fitting in your current setup nicely. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeter Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 get the body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjmitchell Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Andre, I too do a number of weddings each year for friends & recommendations. I have an identical lens stable to yours plus the excellent 75mm heliar. I would NOT however even contemplate doing a wedding with anything less than two bodies. This gives you the essential insurance factor and the option of doing both B/W and colour. Actually I use two M6s for this purpose and have my originsal M4 as the insurance. The cost of the Heliar is a bargain, so I would suggest one of these plus a secondhand M6 classic (the cheapest of the used M6 bodies around). A second body is a MUST have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Another vote for a used M6. If I didn't have a second body while I was working in Russia, I'd have been SOL WRT 35mm shooting (my shutter broke), and would have had to use my SWC, exclusively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Leicas can stop working! Add the body! more shots sp at weddings! Its speed these days! Everybody has ADD, cant wait longer or say more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_chan4 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 A 2nd body dangling from your neck makes you look like a pro (if you ain't) and people take you seriously for the shoot session. A 75mm/1.4 Summilux or 75/2 Apo-Summicron unused inside your camera bag does not help to project your image as the real 'photo guy'. So get the second body and instil that serious look on your clients! The psychological aspect of a pro from the so-so, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarawoot_chittratanawat1 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Get a second body.... MP is a very nice gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_elwing Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 body; respectable M6. Only get the 75 if it gets you all excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_. Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 if i got all you have and still got more money to spend, well, i go with a second body. after all, you have the 50 and 90 lenses. btw, get the m6 the same model as the one you have. you don't want to learn and remember two bodies with opposite speed dials (m6 classic vs. ttl). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy_tok Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Looks like everyone is telling you to get a second body. A contrarian view: I'd get the 75/2. Because getting a spanking new lens is delightful, while getting a second body is mere pain avoidance. A new lens is something that gives pleasure right away; a second body you'll only appreciate when your M6 fails (a low probability occurence, lowered even more by preventive CLA's) Also, think of the bragging rights you'll have owning a 75/2. The Minilux looks like a good enough backup in the case of the M6 failing. Or, get a beater Bessa-whatever as a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas k. Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 If you don't know what you need, then you don't really need it. Have you ever thought of spending the money on film and processing? That's how you make photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertnl Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 For the 50 and 90 you might consider an M4 as a second body (original Wetzlar model). Its 90mm frame's much better than in the M6/M7/MP. Unbeatable in combination with 1.25x, plus there's only 4 frames instead of 6, AND you'll get the faster rewind krank. Norbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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