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Hi,

Yesterday I bought an NEW in the Box M6 classic in a very well known
photoshop in the Netherlands for 895€ - Full waranty. From the serial nr I
can tell it is built 1998. Everything seems to be working OK.

It is has been untouched for 10 years, but I presume this is not a problem for a Leica. What do you think ?

I have to press the shutter all the way down to shoot. My 30 year old M4-P
has a more "sensitive" release. Is this because of a lightmeter on the M6, to allow for metering without accidently releasing ?

Thanks.

PS. They have other new black & chrome M6 available...
 
It may be that the shutter has a relatively long run so that the meter lights up in the VF. However, my M4-2 has a relatively long run shutter, so... one cannot tell.

Load the camera with some slide film to see how the meter works. I'm sure it'll be OK, but a bit "rusty" in the beginning (after all, it spent 10 years unused).
 
The serial number is on the hot shoe and its not highlighted on the classic.

My M6 has a much longer push than my III (Barnack) cameras so thats probably the meter. Do you have contact info on That dealer?

Thanks.....Ray
 
Address

Address

The shop can be visited www.kamera-express.nl

The price listed on the website is 1195€, so I think you should telephone them
for the special price, as I did. From what the guy in the shop told me, they
could deliver about 10 more M6 classic bodies.

It is a well known and big shop in the Netherlands.
 
Henk said:
The shop can be visited www.kamera-express.nl

The price listed on the website is 1195€, so I think you should telephone them
for the special price, as I did. From what the guy in the shop told me, they
could deliver about 10 more M6 classic bodies.

It is a well known and big shop in the Netherlands.
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Henk,

I visited the website.....do they speak English at the shop? I am no good at all with non-English of any kind!

Thanks.

Ray
 
Ray, they're Dutch, they're probably fluent in two or three languages. My experience in Amsterdam was that, when in doubt, try English. If not in doubt, they'll speak English to you. 😉
 
hi when I get home tonight I will make a video showing you how far down I have to push the shutter

I presume you feel like it is a problem, but I doubt it...the m6 has a meter and the m4 doesn't...that's why you have I push down more
 
I have to press the shutter all the way down to shoot. My 30 year old M4-P
has a more "sensitive" release. Is this because of a lightmeter on the M6, to allow for metering without accidently releasing ?
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That is essentially correct. The extra travel is attributable to providing for the meter to switch on with a "half" press of the button.
 
You mentioned that the body is fully warrantied. I just wanted to confirm that Leica is providing a full Passport warranty on these old-stock M6 classics? For $1,323 US this seems like an incredible deal with warranty.
 
Not really "NEW".

Not really "NEW".

So I spoke to a sales person from Kamera Express, Alexander Hamm, who was very helpful with information.

The M6 bodies listed on their website for 895 Euro are not new, but used. The term "occasion" displayed over the item means "used". They have a single new M6 in black for 1,195 Euro. They have no other new bodies but for the one M6 in black. Everything else is used.

Like I thought, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
 
Congratulations on your "new" M6. The long travel on the release is quite common, but a good technician can adjust it. The flat spring at the bottom of the camera is mounted on "slotted" screws so that it can be moved to give some extra "lift. Another solution is simply a Softrelease, either one of mine or Luigi's. It raises the release above the leverflange too.
 
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