Straight Photography!

Jag vet att du redan tidigare har klassat M4 som den bästa och jag som inte har någon analog Leica kan kan bara hålla med. Men jag fick en bekräftelse igår då jag sån en kortare film med Strömholm och han hade en M4.
/John-Erik

Hej Bengan,
Visst är Leica M4 en fantastisk kamera, håller helt med om det.
Tycke och smak skall ju helst aldrig vara helt enhetligt, inte ens när det gäller något så elementärt som kameror:-)
En annan nestor, Tom Abrahamsson tycker däremot så här i sina personliga åsikter på Rangefinderforum:

I voted for the M2 for a simple reason - of all my M's, the ones I use most are the M2's. It is not snobbery or disdain for the other versions, but my prime lens is either a 35mm or currently the 40 nokton's.

The M6/MP's are very good, particularly the MP's with 0,58 finders for 35. But over the years of shooting Tri X I have establsihed a highly indvidualized exposure system that takes in factors like what developer I am currently using, what is the prime subject look I want and other, sometimes rather vague adjustments to my exposures.

With the diodes flashing in the finder of the M6 and MP, it distracts me. I find that if I am shooting with a M2 and a M6, my M6 exposures might be better but my response time is slowed down! OK, so some of my exposures with the M2 are not great (i didn't say that my highly individulized exposure system is perfect!), but I can shoot faster with M2's.

Mechanically the latest MP is most likely the best built camera that Leica has offered. They are exceedingly smooth and "tight". I used to work with original MP's from 1957 (this was in the early 60's) and it was a very rough camera to use. The case hardened steel gears might last long time, but smooth they were not. It always felt it was filled with gravel.

The Canadian made M4-2 and M4-P did get a bum rap. The first couple of 100 M4-2's had a problem with shutter bounce and also when you used the original version of the M4-2 power winder. Later they fixed them and when the M4-P came out - no more problems. I still have one of my first M4 P's from 1980 (very early #1548... and it has lived a hard life. For years it was the test bench in my shop for adjusting and testing Rapidwinders.

It has probably had the equivalent of 30-40 000 rolls run through it. It did need service after about 6 years when the winder drive train fell out of it! A couple of years ago I retired it and now I only use it as a back-up to the M6/M6TTL and MP test-cameras.

Oh yes, I do carry a small Gossen meter in my pocket for incident meter readings when I feel it is necessary. Oh hell, nobody is perfect!

Slut på engelska,
Helghälsningar Ronny Persson Helsingborg

Hej Affe,
Här kommer din uppgift:-)
Du kan svara Herr Abrahamsson, over there, här;
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41043
H/ Ronny

Fast jag tror ändå att M9 är ett strå vassare! :-)