eurosurgeon

The best way to find out if you are going to become a leica M adept is to buy the minilux 40mm first. It has a remarkable lens and is very easyly packed while travelling. If you like the pictures you get back and feel that you are at the limits of your minilux then it's time to get into the sensational M rangefinders. If the minilux leaves you to regret that you left your SLR at home then stick with your SLR and get a cheap olympus mu for the rare occasions that you wiched you had a camera with you.

Look at Erwin Putts website and see how he rates the minilux.

Very nice pictures of signs with Leica M (not mine though)by an excellent photographer with unbelievable sence of humor att

http://www.efn.org/~hkrieger/

Also look to his beautifull series on churches.

greetings,

Ronald

John,

When did you purchase this lightmeter ? Is it the L 608 Cine super zoom. Does your price also include shipping to Europe ?

Depends on what your reasons are for buying an older Leica system.

If price is a consideration the leicaflex SL is a true beauty with a bright vieuwfinder and a very robust build. I agree the meter is less accurate then later R models but the built of the camera is better. Also it is alot cheaper then R6.2/6 models and the SL lenses have a supreme built quality (quality of glass and coating)and also are cheap relative to modern lenses.

I would not recommend buying zoom lenses anyway. Just get the old 35/2.8, the 50/2, the 90/2.8 and a 135/2.8 and you could be set for about 1000 US$.

If money is not an argument, get the R6.2 (more silent, lighter and 1/2000 over R6) with a 35/2, the new summilux R 50/1.4, the APO-macro 100/2.8 and the APO elmarit 180/2.8. You might want to look for an older telyt 400/6.8 as well. ROM lenses don't have any use in either R6.2 or other R models, they are there for the future Leica says and there are little essential applications on the R8/9.

The 3cam lenses fit a R6.2/6 as well as the leicaflex SL and the other models (also R8/9) so that if you were to decide to get a second body you are still able to get a cheap leicaflex or R3.

If you want to travel light and you like to take pictures of the world and people surrounding you then consider a M6TTL with a 50 summilux and 35/2 asph.