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MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS |
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Camera: Leica M6 35mm rangefinder camera body with Leica M-type bayonet lensmount. Suggested list price, body only, $3,244.
Lens tested: 50mm f/1.4 Leica Summilux. Suggested list price, $2,334. Apertures to f/16 in half stops, close focusing to 3 feet, 4 inches; 43mm filter thread.
Focusing and viewing: Combined coincident type, optical range/viewfinder with projected, auto-indexing, auto-parallax-compensating bright frames for 28mm, 35mm, 75mm, 90mm, and 135mm focal lengths; manual frameline selector.
Shutter: Horizontal-travel, mechanically timed, cloth focal-plane with speeds from 1/1000 to 1 sec plus B; X synch at 1/50 sec.
Exposure system: Silicon photodiode in body reads off 12mm spot in center of first shutter curtain, providing through-the-lens measurements of about 13 percent of the frame area. Shutter-speed and film-speed setting electronically coupled to twin LED arrows in finder for match-diode manual metering at working aperture.
Other features: Accepts accessory Leica Winder-M ($818 list) for motorized single-shot or sequence film advance to 3 frames-per-sec; X-synch hot shoe and PC flash outlet. |
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