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<i>One of the biggest reasons I am attracted to Leica is a strong dislike for "features" -- autowind, autofocus, electronic-this, matrix-that.</i>
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Now you're talking my language. That's also why I switched to Leica M, its lack of features. I used the all singing-all-dancing feature-overloaded Canon T90 prior to my M4. I found out that of all the features in the T90 I only used 2 or 3. A teacher at a photography coarse asked me why I got rid of the Canon. I told him I wanted less features because I felt I could do without features. Besides it is no fun hauling a T90 and five lenses around.
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I might buy digital in the future if the camera's lose their toy-like appearence and come down in price.
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Having a 24mm is a nice thought but not if you have to give up a 35mm for it IMO. For me my 4th version 2.0/35mm is lens that sees more use than any of my other three lenses.
I'd have no second thoughts trading my 3rd version 2.8/28mm for a 24mm though...
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Looks pretty darn good Mark! I've seen the examples at Cameraleather.com and think there are some very nice leathers and leatherette. I think the red ring-mark lizard on a black M6 would look cool...
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Serial number: "35mm sumicron black paint #1267266". I'm still not sure if the marking on the lens reads "Canada". I've never seen a lens engraved at that spot either.
Camera and lens are a pretty nice looking combo IMO.
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That's a nice 'collection' you've got there Andy.
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Perhaps I'm off on a tangent here but I have a camera with some history too. During world war II my grandfather was forced to work as a slave labourer in a factory for the Germans to help the German war effort. The Germans called this Arbeitseinsatz. He told me that when the war was over German civillians were forced to hand over their camera's. My grandfather had to confiscate the camera's of a German vicar. The vicar had two camera's, a Leica and a Kodak Retina. Since the vicar had trouble to part with his Leica and my gandfather felt sorry for him my grandfather only confiscated his Kodak. The Kodak was given to my mother who in turn gave it to me.
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The reason to buy Billingham for me: at the same shop a Hadley Original costs 156 euro, a Domke F803 costs 176 euro.
The Hadley offers better protection for less money.
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Try to rent one for the weekend I'd say. And no, a Leica won't improve your photography but a Leica M is a joy to use.
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Hmm ordering a camera bag online Jay? I usually want to bring all the gear I want to haul aroud and see if I can fit it in the prospective bag. Prevents disappointment IMO.
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Let's assume Leica sell you a front element. You mount it yourself but since you're no expert you mess up, just a little bit. Later you sell that lens to a third party that doesn't know you exchanged the front element. If the new owner finds out something isn't quite up to Leica quality standards who is the new owner going to blame? I think the new owner is gonna blame Leica for doing a shoddy job and tell everybody and his granny that Leica's quality control sucks big time.
I suspect that when Leica replaces a lens element they do more than just that. Probably they perform some tests (centering?) to see if the lens still meets Leica's quality standards. Remember, it's their name that's on the lens.
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I was looking for a small(ish) camera bag for my M6, 4 lenses, a flash and small additional stuff. Since Domke in general and a Domke F803 in particular is virtually impossible to locate in the Netherlands I settled on a Billingham.
A shopkeeper pointed out a black canvas camera bag with a leather Contax logo on it. "It's made by Billingham" he said. That bag was a Billingham S3. The Billingham S3 is indeed small. It looks like a gloriefied ladies handbag IMO. You'd be hard pressed to get 2 M bodies, three lenses and other stuff in it I think. The S3 is also more box-shaped than a Hadley or a F803. I bought a Hadley Original to replace the Billingham 205 I was using at the time.
Apparently the Domke 803, if you're lucky enough to locate one, can accept the Billingham Hadley insert. Haven't checked it personally but I recall reading something to that extent somewhere on the web.
Hans Pahlen, a swedish Leica enthusiast, uses a Domke F803. See his pics at: http://w1.320.telia.com/~u32008343/domke.htm
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Could very well be a homebrew special edition. Looks like the leather that's standard on the M6 Classic titanium. The red lettering can be done with a Laqcuer Stick paint stick. Red dot, black dot or gold dot? Who cares! Hmm perhaps the black tape league... Have fun bidding though.
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For those interested, the PDF can be found here:
http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/product/catalog/pdf/l43_special.pdf
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I had them replaced when I sent my M6 for a CLA. Both strap bumpers had small pieces missing after 9 years of use.
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No, it's not slow here in the Netherlands.
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My M6 Classic 1780xxx since june (or was it july?) 1992 and still going strong.
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According to http://www.cameraquest.com/leicanum.htm your M6 comes from a batch of 1000 of which production started in april 1997.
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I'm 37 and bought my first Leica (M4) when I was 25. Now I own an M6 Classic which I bought new 10 years ago.
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"Are 1/3 f - stops of compensation only available in TTL mode? " Yes but there a way around this by setting the film speed on the SF20 to plus or minus 1/3 f-stops from what you are using in the camera. Film speeds can be adjusted in 1/3 f-stop increments.
Experiment, do some shots on a slide film of a controlled situation.
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You'd be hard pressed to find this first version second hand. Reportedly only about 2000 were made. This made it an instant collectors item. If you do find one it's going to cost a lot of money because it was a limited production lens. The high price at introduction was due to the fact the lens contains two ground aspherical surfaces. Preformance wise it's very difficult to distinguish between the ASPHERICAL and the current ASPH I've been told.
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I bought a Billingham Hadley recently and it's a great bag for a small outfit. Haven't seen a Panexia in the flesh but I don't think it's a versatile bag as the Hadley is. A Hadley is great for one or two M's plus lenses and small stuff.
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Leica's are not expensive, they just cost a lot of money. An object that's expensive isn't worth its price, a Leica is.
My 2 cents.
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Olivier there never has been a cap for the 12524 hood! You can order the hood (12526) for the Summicron 35 ASPH, according to Leica it will fit the pre-ASPH Summicron.
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<i>The new lens hood can also be used with the foregoing model SUMMICRON-M f/2/35 mm (order number 11310 or 11311).
It can be reordered as a replacement (order number 12 526) and comes with the new protective cover.</i>
curious how many carry a small digital, too...
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<i>The battery that comes with the camera easily lasts all day</i>
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The battery in my M6 Classic was still working fine after 9 years of use. It was replaced when I had it CLA'ed, not because I asked but as standard procedure.