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BTW great photography on your homepage, David. Thanks.

 

Best regards,

Karl (GER)

No. No need for a digital M, I'm still taking slides and I'll do this til my end.

Bo Hu,

 

as Harry stated: <i>relax. this seller is reliable, i have bought from him</i>. This <i>i.e. fotoguth</i> is an ideal german seller with an established reputation. Your M6 with the serial number 2001559 comes with battery, german manual and box. Enjoy.

 

Best regards from Germany, Karl

@Gabriel M.A.

Here you are again, Kelly stated "<i>Carl Friedrich Zeiss died in Jena in 1888. The University of Jena was one of Zeiss's early customers; for microscopes. This was before the American civil war. There was slavery in the USA then; and not in Jena at Zeiss.</i>

 

Best regards from Germany, Karl

Second hand camera in Munich is one of the pricier shops in Germany, if not the priciest. It's a tourist trap.

Best regards from Germany, Karl

Hi again William,

I'd like to agree with all of th above said regarding to price,

durability etc. Please take the shoulder pad, in Germany approx.

40 Euro, much money for a little piece of foam, but worth every

cent, because it makes your Hadley so "lightweight".

 

Best regards, Karl

Hi William,

I do use the normal Hadley (i.e. not "small", not "pro") since

1998, which hold my following M equipment: M6 classic, M6 ttl

with new M-motor attached, leica lenses 24mm, f2/35mm asph,

f2/50mm, 135mm Apo, SF20 leica flash, polariser set M, up to

10 film cassettes and other small stuff. The Hadley is "my" bag,

unattractive to others and easily to carry around. I prefer the black

version btw.

Your stated equipment should have enough space in a "pro"

version.

 

Best regards, Karl

You did a wonderful job, Carsten. Great photos! Thanks for

sharing.

Coming to Provia 400: I haven't used it for several years, but as

your results show I should give 'em a try again for low light

situations.

Best regards (aus der Seehafenstadt Emden), Karl

I'm 43, Leica M user since 1999.

Sorry, I'm with Hans here. I'm sure that many of you forum members as well as many others in the US are analising their energy consumption behaviour. But, correct me if I'm wrong, that's not valid for the whole US based to my knowledge as an engeneer highly involved in energy concerning fields of work. Like many of you I'm dependent on a car for my job. I travel by car 280 km to my office every day with a Volkswagen Diesel model, it's mileage is 4,7 l/100 km or 50 miles/gallon. What does your car?

 

Hi Reto, I've been watching the Zürich traffic concept from the first beginnings. To me it shows very good results, but this local concept hardly can be transfered to wider regions like to the flat long dinstance northern germany countryside or even the US middle west.

 

Best regards, Karl

I've been there several times and believe me the Ms stood the high temperatures much better then I.

Best regards, Karl

Thanks Jim, for your response and for your updated report.

Best regards, Karl

Thanks for the link, Jim. BTW if you are Jim Arnold: Are you still satisfied with the microtek 4000tf scanner after some months with it?

 

Best regard, Karl

Rob,

 

you stated: "...And the 28mm Summicron beats all versions of the 28mm Elmarit, when used at f/2!" Hmm, the Elmarit f/2,8 is just no Summicron f/2 ;-)

 

Best regards, Karl

Ray,

 

concret example: 100 asa slide, 35mm f/2, street photography at twilight, the meter reads 1/15s at f/2. Will you really consider and pay attention to the might be better f/4 of your lets say pre-asph. lens and thus choose the 1/4s? Yes? OK then, you'll have a slide with a somewhat higher resolution. Theoretically. Why? Because you'll have missed the shot. Please read between the lines and take pictures.

 

Best regards, Karl

Personally i use the current Motor-M. I've tried the Leicavit at my local dealer for an hour and it appears to me that the Leicavit is a great tool, if weight, dimensions and independency of batteries counts for you. If you are left eyed the Leicavit appears nearly as a must.

 

In the end I prefer the Motor-M. Besides the excessive price of the Leicavit i see two more cons: No build-in grip (like the Motor-M) and most important to me I'm not able to focus while operating the advance lever.

 

Best regards, Karl

Mario Andretti, USA, active 1968-1982, 131 f1 races, 180 points, 12 wins, 18 poles, 10 fastest laps, 19 podiums, referred source

http://www.intof1.nl/indexhistory3.html

 

BTW: Whether Mario Andretti was born in the USA or not does matter IMHO. He has won the f1 world champianship. Period.

 

Best regards from Germany, Karl

Hello Kai,

you wrote "when using the Summarit, don't forget to remove the coating (if it is coated) with 'Schmirgelpapier' (does someone know the translation into english ?)!"

 

"Emery paper" will hit it best, I guess, "sandpaper" or "abrasive paper" are good also. Or just take emery cloth (Schmirgelleinen), this lasts longer.

 

Best regards, Karl-Heinz

Hello Frank, I have an interest. I'll mail you later in the evening from my home (Bremen, Germany).

 

Regards, Karl-Heinz

Bremen, hanseatic city, Germany (GMT+1h), aged 42, pro till 2000, today semi-pro, editor and engineer, started out as an amateur photographer in 1974.

M6 non-TTL ("classic") were made in 0.72 viewfinder version only. There was no (!) number engraved at the bottom of the viewfinder window. <p>The M6 non-TTL 0.85 was built from 1998 to 1999 as the latest M6 classic model. The 0.85 were made in black only, a >>0.85x<< was engraved at the bottom of the viewfinder window. <p>Hope that helps. Best regards, Karl-Heinz

I use the Nikon cord SC17 since I own the M6ttl. It works great (BTW on all my cameras: M6, M6ttl, Nikon FM2) with a small flash(Leica SF20) and I've no problems with handling due to the Nikon cable entry.<p>Developed length of the SC17 is about 1.4 meter (approx. 4.5 ft), costs about 70 � Euro in 1998. What are the specs of the Contax cord?

 

Best regards,

Karl-Heinz

But I've to wait awhile. I just had a phonecall with a german qualified sales representative this afternoon and he told me, that the black painted 0.85x isn't in leicas pipeline right now. And I like them most...

 

Best regards,

Karl-Heinz

Hello Albert,

I'm waiting for the 2nd issue here in Germany too. Hasn't arrived yet.

 

I subscibed a year ago after reading some issues of the early sixties to the late eighties. Frankly the nowadays LFI do disappoint me: very little background articles, unimpressive photography and too little information concerning other scopes of photography provided. Anyway, I await the next issue like you since I've started to collect former Leica Fotografie (International, nowadays).

Any comments from you international readers out there?

 

Best regards, Karl-Heinz

I've had the 135/f4 TE both E39 and E46 with buildin hood. Both are outstanding lenses even wide open and the latter has the better handling due to the apparture ring located nearer to the M-body.

 

Currently I use the 135 APO-Telyt and love them: The handling is great, the results (50 and 100 asa slides only) superb, the 1/2 stop more allows me to shoot with 1/250 instead of 1/125 for example and while the 135 TE's are somewhat soft beyond f/8 to f/22 the 135 APO-Telyt in this range is still what it is: An APO with the latest=newest optical formula. Enlarged with a leica slide projektor at 2x2 screensize I can clearly see the difference as you will at enlargements 11 X 14 or 16 X 20, as you stated.

 

Once again: The TE's are great performners at f/4 to f/8 with a very very good price-performance ratio (in Germany 500 to 700 Euro respectively 535 to 750 US$ at e**y) in the used-market vs. around 1100 Euro respectively 1180 US$ for the Apo version. So I highly recommend the APO because this is the best lens money can buy in the 135 mm range. Otherwise you may appreciate the value of approx. 125 rolls (approx. 500 Euro) of slide film...

 

Best regards, Karl-Heinz