Congratulations.
Getting the film leader under the spring gets easier after a few
rolls of film. Kodachrome used to be a little harder because its base
was so thin and floppy compared with other films.
Try this for a manual:
http://www.forloren.dk/lbf/LeicaM6manual.htm
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Feb 23, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> This Leica M6 makes my hands tingle. What a great piece! And I've
> always contended that bokeh was mostly dependent on the number of
> diaphragm blades in the lens, because the more the blades, the
> rounder the hole, and the 50/1.4 Summilux has 12 blades, more than
> any of my Zuikos. I'm warming up a roll of Provia 100 out of the
> fridge for tomorrow.
>
> Now I need to find somewhere to download the manual. Anybody got a
> good Leica website? I'm not incompetent, but I do have a couple of
> things I'd like to know about it that aren't obvious.
>
> I'll post a picture of it in the next day or two. :-) KEH had it
> graded as LN-. I can't find the minus. There's not a mark on it.
> But those of us who buy from them know how conservatively they
> grade stuff. No complaints.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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