Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M motor drive/winder/RabidWinder
From: Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:54:36 +0800

How about a compromise: I would say more like the 1978 Canon A1 with its
digital numeric LED display in the viewfinder.

Joseph


on 10/1/03 2:06 AM, Robert G. Stevens at robsteve@hfx.andara.com wrote:

> At 12:09 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, bdcolen wrote:
>> M6= 1954 camera with 1963 metering system
>> M7= 1954 camera with 1972 metering system
> 
> I think you missed this one by a decade.  The M7 is more like a 1982
> metering system.  I think the 1970's auto cameras still had the needle that
> moved up and down to display the shutter speed the auto meter
> selected.  The M7 has caught up to the Canon AE-1 or Nikon FE/F3, with the
> exception of program more.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert

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