Let's see your Leica M

cicala said:
very nice , i'm also looking to camera leather for a cobalt blu m3 , how is the work to cover with the new leather ? painfull ???
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It was an incredibly easy job to recover it, surprisingly!

I actually found removing the residual glues from the body to be more time consuming / annoying. The cover was a 15-20 minute job in the end - I used the "wet" method outlined on Morgan's site (http://www.cameraleather.com/support/wet_method.htm).

No issues with the cover sticking to screws / levers due to the alcohol hand sanitizer and the cover was perfectly cut to the correct size, so was no problem at all.
 
My M4P came back from its service today so I hope you don't mind a pic with my Epson:

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menos said:
That indeed is a steal - congratulations!
A 35mm is going to work, but will be tight - find a nice 50mm to start with this beautiful camera ;-)
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Looking for a 50 now, I do have a russian 50 on my iiif so if i get an adapter then I shall be shooting soon!

I have also noticed that 35's are ALOT cheaper than 50s of the same brand.. Well.. mostly voigtlander
 
brokencivilian said:
Looking for a 50 now, I do have a russian 50 on my iiif so if i get an adapter then I shall be shooting soon!

I have also noticed that 35's are ALOT cheaper than 50s of the same brand.. Well.. mostly voigtlander
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If the Russian 50mm works nicely on the IIIf, it should be good on the M6 as well.
Get the adapter and go from there. Try the 35mm frame preview with the 0.85 viewfinder, if you really like this M6 to shoot 35mm.

I don't like 35mm much on my 0.85x finder, but use that body for 50 and 90mm.

Normally, 35mm of same speed and vintage go more expensive than 50mm (exceptions of course are different popularities for different vintage samples of certain lenses).
I don't know about Voigtlander pricing though. Be aware, that there are differences in widest aperture and lens design.
A slower single coated lens will most likely have a higher price than a fast, multicoated aspherical lens, no matter, which is a 35 or 50 of them.
 
cicala said:
very nice the m4-p fully deviced.......how the vc II work ??? I've bought a new one last week !!!
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Thanks. The VCII is great. I had to get new batteries for it the other day, I think it's because I handled the old ones and you aren't meant to touch them as it takes the charge from the cell. Either that or they were quite old (bought the meter second hand with the batteries in it)

Cheers
ped
 
kshapero said:
I wear glasses and had no problem shooting 35mm lenses on a 0.85 VF.
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Left eye shooter, no glasses, M7 0.85 − 35mm works beautifully, but you won't have the perfect match of size of out of frame areas, the 35 gives you on a 0.72.

For me, the 35mm is perfect on a 0.72 viewfinder.

As I wrote … it's tight 😉

Duncan - great chrome collection!
 
Alf, nice shot of a 'working M4P', I love the strap!

Mabelsound, yours is a beaut!

kmallick, lovely M3, and the Elmar looks really clean and at home!
 
My Leica

My Leica

Well, i can now say i'm a pround owner of a M2 with a 50 summilux type I. with a black Leica meter MR-4 that i use off camera. it dosen't show in the picture. glad to became one of the gang!
 

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