Leica M6
The Leica M6 is a 35mm rangefinder system made by Leica (1984-2002, 2022-).
Optics & imaging
- Lens mount
- Leica M
- Shutter
- focal plane cloth curtains, horizontal travel from 1/1000 to 1s and B
- ASA/ISO range
- 6 to 6400 ISO
- Exposure meter
- CdS selective
- Exposure modes
- manual
Body & handling
- Focusing
- manual
- Rangefinder
- coupled, combined (ERB = 49.9mm)
- Viewfinder
- Reverse Galilean (0.72× or, only M6J, 0.85×) with automatic or manual selection of parallax corrected framelines Framelines: 0.72× (28-90, 35-135, 50-75), 0.85× (35-135, 50-75, 90)
- Motor drive
- Winder
- TTL Flash
- No (Yes M6 TTL)
- Shoe
- Hotshoe
- X sync speed
- 1/50
- Synchronized
- X
- Battery
- 2 silver oxide button cells (type SR44) or 1 lithium battery (1/3 N)
- Dimensions
- 138×77×38mm
- Weight
- 560g
Production & identity
- Maker
- Leica
- Camera Type
- 35mm rangefinder system
- Dates
- 1984-2002, 2022-
- Number produced
- approx. 175,000
- Variants
- Silver-black and black
Limited Editions
Extracted from the descriptive text of the source page rather than a structured table — counts and names are approximate.
- Leica M6 150 Jahre Photographie - 1989 - 75 Jahre Leica Photographie — 1,250 made
- Leica M6 Colombo '92 (1492 - 1992: 500° Scoperta dell'America - Italia) — 200 made
- Leica M6 Royal-Foto Austria (1968 - 1993) — 101 made
- Leica M6J 40 Jahre Leica M (1954 - 1994) — 1,640 made
- Leica M6 Dragon (gold plated) — 300 made
- Leica M6 Historica (1975 - 1995) — 150 made
- Leica M6 Royal Wedding — 200 made
- Leica M6 Thai Jubilee (50th year of the reign of His Majesty King Bhumiphol Adulyadej) — 700 made
- Leica M6 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) — 200 made
- Leica M6 Partners — 500 made
- Leica M6 Leica Demo Ausrüstung Benelux '96 — 70 made
- Leica M6 Ein Stuck — 996 made
- Leica M6 Jaguar XK (1948 - 1998) — 50 made
- Leica M6 Millennium — only 2,000 made
- Leica M6 Dragon (viewfinder 0.85x, black painted) — 500 made
- Leica M6 ICS — 200 made
- Leica M6 Øresundsbron — 150 made
- Leica M6 Henri Cartier-Bresson (with Vuitton case) — only 1 made
- Leica M6 William Klein — only 1 made
- Leica M6 Swiss Demo (Test the best) — 40 made
- Leica M6 Zurich Photographic Center — 100 made
- Leica M6 Royal Photographic Society — 100 made
- Leica M6 Platinum Optics — 150 made
- Leica M6 Schmidt Centenary — 151 made
- Leica M6 Canada — 270 made
- Leica M6 Year of Rooster — 300 made
- Leica M6 999 — 999 made
Serial Ranges
| Year | Serial range | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1657251–1659250 | — |
| 1985 | 1665351–1669350 | — |
| 1985 | 1674351–1678350 | — |
| 1985 | 1678351–1682350 | — |
| 1986 | 1687951–1691950 | — |
| 1986 | 1701451–1704600 | — |
| 1986 | 1704801–1705450 | — |
| 1993 | 1938000–1938150 | — |
| 1995 | 2176001–2176700 | — |
| 1995 | 2177001–2177250 | — |
| 1996 | 2278001–2278211 | — |
| 1996 | 2278301–2278588 | — |
| 1996 | 2281001–2281400 | — |
| 1996 | 2283001–2283125 | — |
| 1996 | 2283201–2283325 | — |
| 1996 | 2283401–2283525 | — |
| 1996 | 2283601–2283625 | — |
| 1997 | 2300001–2300996 | — |
| Unknown | 2001000–2001353 | — |
| Unknown | 2002000–2002100 | — |