Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/17

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Update on M4-P Shutter problem
From: Michael Reichmann <michaelr@interlog.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09:24:28 -0500

Eric,

Though I've been loading M's for almost 30 years, I still find that I can
make mistakes when I'm in a hurry.  The rigidity that the design gives
though, with the body cast in a single piece like it is, sure gives comfort
when the going gets rough.

Michael



At 07:41 PM 16/03/96 PST, you wrote:
>** Reply to note from Michael Reichmann <michaelr@interlog.com> 03/16/96
07:46am  
>-0500
>> Ever since then, when shooting either as a professional or an amature, if I 
>> absolutely positively have to get the shot, I use an M Leica.  This is the 
>> camera I'd take without thinking if I had 10 minutes to pack and head for 
>> parts unknown.  Don't leave home without one!
>
>That is true for me too. I trust the meter on my M6 implicity. More than the  
>matrix meter on my EOS1n for many situations. (Not all, though.) It has
never let  
>me down, though I have once when I didn't thread that film right. Now that
was  
>hard to do, but I managed one time. <g>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Eric Welch
>Grants Pass, OR
>
>
>


Replies: Reply from Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net> (Re: Update on M4-P Shutter problem)