If you’re interested in going down this rabbit hole, I highly recommend you read this article over at MIR about the 1981 “Leica M6 electronic”. In my opinion, it’s quite possible the M6 and subsequent Leica rangefinders would have looked very different indeed if the failed M5 had succeeded. Preceded chronologically by the M4-P, the M6 is in many respects the natural successor of the Leica M5. The 0.58x finder was optimised for wide-angle lenses and was a first for the German company. The new camera, still technically still an M6, came with 0.58x, 0.72x and 0.85x viewfinder magnification options. Only 3,130 of these cameras were made before the M6 was replaced later that same year by the M6 TTL. The new high magnification finder eventually found its way into regular production with 1998’s short-lived “M6 0.85”. The M6J came with with a new high magnification 0.85x finder, an M3/M2/M1-style film wind-on lever and engraved brass top plate. It was called the M6J - “J” for Jubilee - and was limited to 1,640 units, 40 for each year of production. In 1994 Leica released a US$9,000 special edition M6 celebrating 40 years of the Leica M camera. The camera features the same parallax-corrected 0.72x magnification finder of the M4-P, and is capable of displaying three pairs of 6 framelines depending which lens is mounted: Adjusted for inflation, this is a little over US$3,965 in 2020 money. On its release in 1984, the Leica M6 cost approximately US$1,695. Leica M6 Black Chrome Image credit: Tom Knier The Leica M6 requires batteries to operate its light meter however, its shutter, like every Leica which preceded it, is entirely mechanical and does not require power to function. The camera comes in two finishes: black or silver chrome over a nickel-plated zinc top plate and colour-matched brass bottom plate. The M6 is essentially a Leica M4-P with a built-in TTL light meter and also utilises many of the same materials and processes in its construction. The Leica M6 was the first Leica M 35mm film rangefinder to be produced exclusively in Germany since the Leica M4 range. 19 Final thoughts, strengths and weaknessesįirst, let’s start with a bit of Leica M6 history.
18 Leica M6 vs the Leica M4, M4-2 and M4-P.15 Motor drives / film winding attachments.14 Reliability, repairability and upgradeability.5 Rangefinder mechanism, Effective Base Length (EBL) and focusing.4 Viewfinder, framelines and parallax correction.An in-depth guide to: The Leica M6 (aka M6 Classic / M6 Non-TTL) - EMULSIVE Close Search for:
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