The M6 was used using the cheap Fuji colour 200 and processed in Asda for bargain price of £2 and £1 for up to 200 images. The images are all low resolution, but good enough for the screen and A4 prints. The big question is why use it in the first place? Photographers and film makers such as Ralph Gibson, Quentin Tarentino and David Lynch talk about the look of film compared to digital. With Photography, digital has certainly caught up with the look and Photoshop does allow the photographer to simulate film. My reasons lie with the camera. Coupled Rangefinder cameras do allow the photographer to focus in a different way that I personally find more effective (accept when photographing brick walls!). When I started photography, I hated rangefinders, but a friend got me into using the Leica camera and you do get hooked on them, even though they are flawed. Here is a link of what it is all about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykuy4qYip1U
You don't have to spend loads of money on a Leica. The great film and alternative store Silverprint sells reburbished Olympus Trips cameras for £65 (and they have great lenses). Yashica, Minolta, and Canon did coupled rangefinders in the 60's. My main concerns with Autofocus is that doesn't work in low light or for reflections. Manual focus SLR is pretty good though if you can trust your eyes. The first two shots were made with the Leica X1 and as you can see it did not focus well through the glass in the second shot. It is a shame that these compacts including the new Fuji Pro struggle with low light etc...
Anyway the first two shots show the shortcomings of autofocus. The other images are film shots and tweaked using basic Mac Preview corrections:
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