Leica M6 TTL

Pros: Rugged, Accurate, Compact, Quiet, etc

Cons: Expensive

Review: I have just returned from an incredible day of wandering around the countryside in search of unusual or interesting people and places. I meandered along an old and mostly unused state highway, stopping in at country stores and filling stations, yard...

Pros: A nearly intuitive, rugged picture-taking machine

Cons: lack of bells and whistles may annoy amateurs

Review:
THE LEGENDARY LEICA M6

By Frank Van Riper
Professional photographer, author and photography columnist for <Washingtonpost.com>

The current incarnation of the legendary Leica rangefinder camera—the TTL M6—may be the...

Pros: Build quality, classic all-manual RF camera, unbeatable optics, large bright viewfinder.

Cons: Difficult to operate for the beginner, high prices for camera and lenses.

The Bottom Line: An acquired taste but the Leica M6TTL is an outstanding choice for a rangefinder camera.

Review: INTRODUCTION

The M6TTL is the last Leica rangefinder camera with a mechanically timed shutter. It's a handsome, compact camera which is surprisingly heavy (1/2 kilogram). It's very solidly built and workmanship is first class. The basic model...

Pros: Completely Manual Camera Body only dependent on batteries for the Light meter's LEDs

Cons: None Worth Mentioning

The Bottom Line: The Leica M6 TTL and lense system is definitely the system to get when you can take the time to become absorbed into the moment of the shooting situation.

Review: Having had my Leica M6 of twelve years stolen on a recent trip to Spain, my insurance company and I replaced it all with the M6 TTL.
My photographic background goes back a couple of decades working as the regional photographer for United Press...

Pros: Compact, nearly silent, fantastic lenses

Cons: Expensive, can be awkward to use.

The Bottom Line: A well crafted, compact camera system, perfect for street photography. However, it can be awkward to use, and costs a small fortune.

Review: After reading and hearing all sorts of fantastic things about the legendary Leica, I decided to take it for a test drive. One of the photographers I work for loaned me his M6 TTL for a week, and I took it with me everywhere I went.

First of...

Pros: Superb piece of hardware; food for your dreams; owning a style.

Cons: Hard payoff matrix; dependent of your abilities like a baby.

The Bottom Line: Buy an M6 if you can afford it. It is superb hardware, endowed with passion. But never believe it will be decisive to the unfolding of your artistic tallent.

Review: Let me say from the start: I love Leicas; I love the "mirrorless", candid and silent concept of a rangefinder and I do not bother about the alleged limitations of the M series in the face of modern SLRs (not even the clumsy film loading). I miss my M3...

Pros: A true classic camera, pure, uncluttered, a beautiful piece of machinery

Cons: not good for macro or wildlife photography, but great for everything else.

Review: I'm going to make this review as simple and to the point as possible.



-the very first portable 35mm camera ever was a Leica rangefinder-the Leica rangefinder tradition goes way back to the beginnings of photography.
-the M6...

Review: This is the best camera on the market. The only negative thing I can say (even if you want to call i...

Pros: Beautiful, romantic, sexy.

Cons: Expensive, heavy, old-fashioned, slow, awkward...

The Bottom Line: Maybe this explains it best: She's beautiful, but she can't cook!

Review: Why buy Omega Speedmaster Watch and not a Casio Quartz? Because of it's classic looks, the romantic blabla, it's uniqueness etc. A timepiece, not a watch...yeah and about 10 times as expensive. So why do people buy expensive things with less...

Pros: good optics

Cons: poor value

The Bottom Line: I owned a M6 and like it, but after a year I traded it in for a Mamiya 7 with a 43mm and have no regrets what so ever.

Review: As you read comments about the M-series cameras you will see a love it or hate it pattern. If you can live with the system limitations and money is no object the Leica maybe a good choice for you. If on the other hand money is a concern and value...