This looks to be based purely on the hands that made it, which – as mentioned in my post about the M4-P – I find very odd. It seems that this return of manufacture to Germany, despite these further cost cutting exercises sees the M6 more clear of the “cheap” model reputation. In short, whilst some M6s were made in Canada like the M4-2/P – thanks I suppose to the success of those cameras – manufacturing of the Leica M6 was largely returned to Germany. The point is, with the M4-2 and M4-P being labeled as cheap, and the M6 not – despite its cheaper-still parts – what separates them, and why are they regarded so differently? The cheap crappy feeling plastic dial on the back does it no favours either. It also used some plastic parts within the shutter counter, especially it seems in models made somewhere in the late 90’s – though apparently this was later rectified (ref – cameraquest). The M6 is the only Leica to use less expensive metals instead of brass for its top and bottom plate. The Leica M6 – the camera that came two models later – took the cost cutting a step further. The M4-2 was the first Leica M to be made using the build methodology that was designed to cut manufacturing costs after the disaster of the Leica M5. The Leica M6, at least as far as I can work out, looks to be the “cheapest” made standard shape Leica M mount camera. I mentioned this briefly in my post about the M4-P. The M6 sits as a bit of an oddity in Leica’s history to my mind. The construction of the M6 was different too, it was made with cheaper bits. The M4-P has a recessed viewfinder, whereas, the front of the Leica M6 is flush to the viewfinder finder glass. The design changed very slightly, especially around the frame of the viewfinder. Some things did change from the M4-P though. Of course many of these features predate the M4-P, but they were all carried forward to the Leica M6 giving it a similar feel. Other similarities to the M4-P include the quick loading mechanism, the angled rewind with crank, the plastic tipped film advance, the plastic tipped frame line preview lever, the hot shoe, and the six-in-three-pairs frame lines in the finder. It is commonly thought of as being effectively a Leica M4-P with a rudimentary twin LED meter.Ī battery compartment containing 2 LR44s to power the light meter sits on the front of the camera in the space the more elderly Leicas had their self timer, though of course by the time of the M4-2/P, this lever and the timer behind it had been removed. The M6 Classic, was the first standard shaped Leica M camera to have a light meter built-in. 2.1 The more significant differences between the Leica M6 and TTL….1.2 So what gives the Leica M6 its credibility?.I say distinct models, as actually by Leica’s standards, there’s quite a lot that the separates them, they aren’t even the same size! The Leica M6 Classic The camera I now have is actually a later Leica M6 TTL, but since I’ve owned both I thought I might as well cover the two distinct models in this one review. The later model is known officially as the Leica M6 TTL. The first one is commonly – though not officially – know as the Leica M6 Classic. The Leica M6 can actually be thought of as two distinct models. I wanted to find out if the Leica M6 deserves the positive reputation that precedes it and if therefore I was wrong in my dismissal of it, or if I was right to not regret selling it and it’s just not the camera for me. Well, in short, I feel I know these Leicas a bit better now, and the way I use them has grown. So what you might ask am I doing with one now? So that same – or at least similar – AE is what I wanted in a Leica. The Leica M6 just hadn’t suited me as well as the auto-exposure R2a. I thought briefly about buying one again before settling on the idea of the M7, but in the end that lack of regret pushed me in the direction of an M7. The funny thing was, I never really regretted selling the Leica M6. The R2A became the only rangefinder I then owned for a good few years until finally I jumped ship back to Leica and bought a Leica M7.
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Then, through a patch of using my rangefinders less about 5 years ago I ended up selling the Leica M6 and keeping the Voigtlander. I had one some time ago – way before 35mmc – that I bought to use along side a Voigtlander R2A. As I’ve mentioned a fair few times on here before, the Leica M6 is a camera I’ve owned before.
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