Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: M7
From: "faneuil" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 21:42:35 -0400
References: <NEEPKLGJDPMKEMNCJMKNOECECAAA.fmaturana@euskalnet.net> <003d01c231e1$437774e0$94a6fea9@3zlwb>

I bought one -  I adore it already.
eric
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <drlee9@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: M7


> Is this some conspiracy to get me to buy an M7? If so, it is working...
(-;
>
> -Doug
>
> ps, glad you now have time for your M7...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Felix Lopez de Maturana" <fmaturana@euskalnet.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 7:12 PM
> Subject: [Leica] RE: M7
>
>
> > I've started yesterday, after comig back home, shooting my new M7. In
some
> > weeks I'll put some of the pictures in my web site if some of them does
it
> > worth. But my first film was used in a very particular test. I loaded
> Sensia
> > II chrome, which does not allow light mistakes,  and I shooted the whole
> > film F1:8, lenses on hyperfocal and "every" picture just on point and
> shoot
> > manner. I didn't even select the point where the ligh had to be chosen,
> just
> > point and shoot exactly like the most dumb tourist. Guess what? Every
> > picture was metered dead on! And this with 12mm, 21mm, 28mm, 50mm and
90mm
> > lenses as the field covered by the meter seems to change and to be
bigger
> > when the focal increases. And that with all kind of situations:  back
> light,
> > front light side light.So that from now I'll have full faith in my M7
> > metering system. I was used to my Nikon F5 metering system, IMHO the
more
> > sofisticated metering system ever built,  but, with a much more simple
> > technology results of the M7 do match.
> >
> > Kinds regards
> >
> > Felix
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from "Felix Lopez de Maturana" <fmaturana@euskalnet.net> ([Leica] RE: M7)
Message from "Doug Lee" <drlee9@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] RE: M7)