Leica M6 TTL sighting

[tbm]

Yesterday, out capturing images with my black Leica M6 TTL and 50 and 90mm Summicrons, I stopped at a nearby Mail Boxes Etc. store to mail a DVD to my sister. I carried the M6 into the store with me because, of course, I dared not leave it in my car. I walked up to the postal clerk at the mail counter, set the M6 on the counter, handed the thirtyish Japanese male mail clerk the mailer containing the DVD, and asked him to weigh it and affix postage to it. Eyeing my M6, he suddenly uttered, "What is that? It is amazingly gorgeous!" I replied, "My camera. It is a film camera." He couldn't and wouldn't take his eyes off of it. "Who makes it?", he then asked. I pointed to the Leica logo on the front of it and I uttered "Leica". "Who are they?", he asked. I said "A camera equipment manufacturer in Germany." "Man, that is a breathtaking beauty with that textured covering on it", he replied. He kept staring and staring, his pupils dilated beyond belief. You'd think I'd pulled a massive diamond out from my pocket!

 

[elshaneo]

ha ha ha LOL ;-)

 

[rui]

Well, it is a diamond! 🙂

 

[dof]

MPs be damed! The M6TTL is avenged!

 

[sirius]

Yeah, unfortunately it does not seem to have the same effect on the opposite sex. It's a real middle-aged guy magnet, lol. Great machines none-the-less. I have an M6 classic and sometimes catch myself gazing into the lens lovingly 😉

 

[kywong]

I was in this beautiful cafe, took my M6ttl out to take a photo and then tucked it to the corner of the table, when the barista came with the coffee, he took a step back and went "woah, that's a nice camera there". Mine is chrome and had a red dot on it, but I somehow think that it won't be anymore discreet if it were black with no red dot on it.

 

[mike kim]

Yeah, unfortunately it does not seem to have the same effect on the opposite sex.

In my own experience, it attracts more females than males (especially in the late teens and early 20s). They always ask me if they can take a photo with it, and after that they ask me to send it to them after I scan the roll 🙄

Works great for me!