Buying a used Leica M6 camera? We highlight the four areas to check; cosmetics, mechanics, optics and electronics
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Leica M6 variants
4:07 What to check - Cosmetics
6:47 What to check - Mechanics
10:53 What to check - Optics
11:52 What to check - Electronics
After we uploaded this video we had a couple of requests to go into more detail about checking the shutter and viewfinder. An excellent idea as these are the two areas most likely to suffer issues.
Here are the links:
Leica M6. Checking the shutter:
https://youtu.be/hmMkrxdSX9k
Leica M6. Checking the rangefinder:
https://youtu.be/yBTsLUqP5lI
These checks apply to Leica M3, M2, M4, M4-2, M4-P, M5, M8, M9, M10, M11 … and other film and digital rangefinders too.
Jonathan Harris, Worldwide Camera Exchange