Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I really like AE if it has complementary functionallity in the form of a separate lock ... a button on the back of the camera close to where your thumb is makes a lot of sense! I don't know what other cameras have this but the Bronica RF645 I just got has it and it's brilliant ... frame your subject ... do a bit of a roam to find a neutral point to get a true light reading and press the AE lock. The idea of pressing the shutter button halfway down is all very well but in reallity it's fraught with the danger of pressing that fraction too far and wasting a frame.
Viewfinder metering on a Leica has only ever been done correctly on one camera ... and that's the M5 in my opinion ... the fingertip control that the M5 shutter speed dial provides is unique and is only let down by a rather difficult to see match needle at times.
The one huge improvement that Leica could make to their two AE cameras would be an AE lock button ... lesser M mount cameras have it ... why not Leica?
Viewfinder metering on a Leica has only ever been done correctly on one camera ... and that's the M5 in my opinion ... the fingertip control that the M5 shutter speed dial provides is unique and is only let down by a rather difficult to see match needle at times.
The one huge improvement that Leica could make to their two AE cameras would be an AE lock button ... lesser M mount cameras have it ... why not Leica?
phatnev
Well-known
There's a tasty M6 LHSA BP for $1599 out there right now mmm
Photon42
burn the box
Being new to the RF world, I don't know what M6 flavor a M6 LHSA BP is really. As stated before, I believe a M6 is a good way to go, especially since it seems the mentioned model seem to attract you . The ability to meter to me is an advantage, that I don't want to miss.
Spending that much money on (film) cameras is not really driven by any rationale, so what's your gut feeling?
After all, you've got the M2 still, and my impression is that the M bodies sell well. What do you then miss really in trying it out?
Regards
Ivo
. The ability to meter to me is an advantage, that I don't want to miss.Spending that much money on (film) cameras is not really driven by any rationale, so what's your gut feeling?
After all, you've got the M2 still, and my impression is that the M bodies sell well. What do you then miss really in trying it out?
Regards
Ivo
ruby.monkey
Veteran
I have to say that I find it far more convenient to rely on past experience, forgiving film, and a backup Sekonic Twinmate in the pocket, than any on-camera meter.