Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/03
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>> For the people like us who actually use M rangefinders, we
>>would like to see the next 25 years of Leica M innovations to amount
>>to more than just a built-in meter of the past 25 years.
> You assume too much. Please do not speak for me.
My wishes for M innovation are more conservative:
- A larger, easier to grasp shutter speed dial
- A one-piece wind lever (like on the M2 & M3)
without the hinged plastic bit
- Removal of advertising on the front of the
camera ("Leica M6" and the red dot). In this
regard Leica, and most other camera makers, are
doing what car manufacturers do: using the body
to keep advertising the product after the sale.
It was nice to have the script "Leica" only on
top plate of the older M's. The red dot is
superfluous and excessive. One of the attractive
things about the Contax G's is that they merely
say "Contax" at lower right of the body.
The 0.85 finder was also a good step in the right direction.
- -Dave