hawkhanlumist
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slippery slope is right. although nah, I have always been pretty good at not sucumbing to gas (he says, with his finger on the trigger to buy an m6)....
Advice for a prospective m6ttl buyer
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slippery slope is right. although nah, I have always been pretty good at not sucumbing to gas (he says, with his finger on the trigger to buy an m6)....
Out to Lunch
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Good luck finding one! I had a peek on eBay and found that there are few M6TTL's 0.58 for sale and the ones on offer have become very expensive.
hawkhanlumist
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hawkhanlumist
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Yep - I have a few leads. Prices out there are crazy. I have clearly missed the boat. But alas, that is how it goes sometimes. In order to fund this endeavor, I'll be selling other stuff for more than what I paid. Prices are up everywhere, really.
it's a brave new world
Ricoh
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More likely with the Classic if the TTL has an I/C. Try reverse engineering that lad!
madNbad
Well-known
The light seals are one of the most common repairs on the M6 TTL. When Leica introduced the MP the older felt seals were upgraded to a synthetic material with more flexibility and a longer life.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Both dots?
On my M6 TTL there are the arrow indicators and a single dot in the center between them. I don't know of any M6 TTL that's different.
Anyway, here is a link to the best M6 TTL web page I've ever seen, it has so much good information and details:
https://emulsive.org/reviews/camera...reviews/an-in-depth-guide-to-the-leica-m6-ttl
Guth
Appreciative User
For what it's worth, I bought my M6 TTL new in 2000. It has never given me any problems. I'm an amateur photographer and my demands of the camera are such that I expect it will likely last me the rest of my lifetime.
While the article is incredibly tongue-in-cheek and bound to upset some, The Leica M6 TTL .85 is the Best 35mm Film Camera Ever Conceived did contain the following tidbit with regards to the whether or not the light meter in the M6 TTL was prone to failure. (The author queried the well known Leica repair specialist Don Goldberg for his opinion on this subject.) From the article:
First of all, he clarified that there are two circuit boards associated with the light meter in the M6 TTL so it’s pure silliness when people say “the board” is prone to failure. And he went on to say:
"I’ve had 2 Leica M6-TTL cameras in so far that needed new main circuit boards. That’s out of 489 M6-TTL cameras that I’ve had in for repair.” This was as of July 2019. And those two board replacements? “One of the circuit boards that was bad was due to someone removing the body shell without first removing parts that got in the way of the main board & damaged the board. The other one I think was defective & had to go to Leica, USA. All in all the M6-TTL is very reliable. I think the reason I’ve had 489 M6-TTL cameras in my shop is that they sold lots of them, people want complete overhauls eventually."
While the article is incredibly tongue-in-cheek and bound to upset some, The Leica M6 TTL .85 is the Best 35mm Film Camera Ever Conceived did contain the following tidbit with regards to the whether or not the light meter in the M6 TTL was prone to failure. (The author queried the well known Leica repair specialist Don Goldberg for his opinion on this subject.) From the article:
First of all, he clarified that there are two circuit boards associated with the light meter in the M6 TTL so it’s pure silliness when people say “the board” is prone to failure. And he went on to say:
"I’ve had 2 Leica M6-TTL cameras in so far that needed new main circuit boards. That’s out of 489 M6-TTL cameras that I’ve had in for repair.” This was as of July 2019. And those two board replacements? “One of the circuit boards that was bad was due to someone removing the body shell without first removing parts that got in the way of the main board & damaged the board. The other one I think was defective & had to go to Leica, USA. All in all the M6-TTL is very reliable. I think the reason I’ve had 489 M6-TTL cameras in my shop is that they sold lots of them, people want complete overhauls eventually."
hawkhanlumist
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I saw that article, too and it gave me some hope. even before accessing the brain trust here on RFF, I had a feeling that the problem of m6ttl main circuit board was a very infrequent occurrence.
It's just that part of the 'dream' of the M mount is that it becomes inherited. It lives beyond me and can be used by my children as I teach them the craft. It is for this reason that I would 'prefer' the camera be something whose parts could be replaced.
I still think about a Classic for this reason. But the .58 finder is really a big selling point. That wider window is such a delight to use.
There is a photog near me who was initially selling a .72 that I went to look at recently. He happened to have another 2 ttl's (3 in total) and one of them was a .58. It was cool to look through both and really understand the difference. That is what has kind of hooked it for me. That and the shutter dial. In a former life, I owned an m4-p and it was fun. But I didn't love the shutter dial. Kind of cumbersome to change quickly.
There are a couple of folks here who have reached out. Also - the photog near me advised I could make him an offer on the .58.
So we'll see. Ultimately, if the meter dies, I think I will probably wish that I had a classic. But I'll just buy that Voigt meter and enjoy the .58 finder.
First world problems...;-)
