First week with M6

[vha]

First week with M6 is just over, and I´m happy with it, more good photos to come, I´ll hope so, of course it would be quite possible to make some shots that doesn't look like anything at all, but that wasn´t why I´ll bought it.

Loading of the film went easy, so i was suspicious in the beginning, but it moved.
Since i have a shade on all the time i didn´t get any lens-cap photo, Yet.
I wear glasses , after some frames i got used to control the whole frame.
Might be that i´ll get a external viewfinder, because the frame for 28mm is slightly out of sight if i want to se all of it at once . . Used to external finder when i use the 21mm on the Contax, so that wouldn't be any problem.

And yes it its more quiet than my G2, but they do the same, but in a different way.
Think the 28mm Biogon is sharper, but the Elmarit M has better defocus or was it sofa ?

So I'm happy. Works fine with the Kodak BW 400CN.

And if someone have a good tip how to get the film-cartridge out easy after rewinding I'm happy for any good tip, because its a bit too tricky.

vha.

And the images is placed in my gallery.

 

[peter_n]

Glad to hear you're happy vha! Wind the film all the way into the canister, then when you open the back just grip the center spindle of the canister and pull it out.

 

[phototone]

On my M6 classic, the film cannister will drop out by gravity when you invert the camera with the bottom off, if the film is completely rewound into it.

 

[vha]

Glad to hear you're happy vha! Wind the film all the way into the canister, then when you open the back just grip the center spindle of the canister and pull it out.

Been trying that, and after 5 minutes of bad language it works, always ends with that i take a key and put in the spindle. . . . is serious considering to start wearing my leatherman wave again

else i realized i could have posted the link here :

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=5127&ppuser=1898 , and with some cut and paste . .. .

And of course the classical shot in the mirror, even flipped in Phototoshop.

vha

 

[peter_n]

Hmm, shouldn't be stiff methinks. On an M7, yes the canister is a bit tight because of the DX reader but it should be a bit loose on an M6 or TTL. I have film in my M6TTL at the moment but I'm fairly sure that if I turned it over like phototone it would drop out.

 

[rover]

On my M6 classic, the film cannister will drop out by gravity when you invert the camera with the bottom off, if the film is completely rewound into it.

This is my experience too. I may add a little shake or two but it pops right out.