M6 and the LEICA 21mm f/4 LEITZ SUPER-ANGULON (1958-1963)

[hrryxgg]

i love my M6, and i do use the in camera metering.

can someone explain if this early lens will work on M6 and its metering?

thank you

 

[plummerl]

Osterloh's Leica M book says that it will not meter properly. It partially shades the photodiode.

 

[Ronald M]

It will not meter properly.

Secondly it is a lens that vignettes very badly. I had mine 3 months before the pre ASPH 2.8 came out. I traded straight away and still have the the pre.

Also have 4 16x20 framed on my wall shot at 11 or 16 where it performed well.

That and the 24 2.8 R were lenses I was was unhappy about.

 

[hrryxgg]

interesting; so there is no way to use this with M6 metering?

thank you

 

[michaelwj]

interesting; so there is no way to use this with M6 metering?

thank you

You put a different lens on, meter, then swap lenses 🙂. Or get an external meter. The rear element shades the diode, in fact it comes so close to the film that there is hardly and gap between the negs.

 

[Pioneer]

No problem with a handheld meter. The camera will still work with the lens in place. You only have a problem if you want the camera to meter for you.