Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Charles E. Love wrote: <Leica has unnecessarily restricted its market still further <by refusing to update the M. There is no excuse today for refusing to build <an autoexposure camera, and aperture-preferred could be done without <changing the lenses at all. There is no excuse for not having a modern <metering system, with a choice of at least spot and averaging metering and <an exposure hold capability. There is no excuse for not redoing the <viewfinder so that people with glasses don't have to buy auxiliary <viewfinders for the 28 and in some cases the 35, and so that we don't have <to put up with distracting multiple framelines. Indeed, there's no excuse <for not solving the problem of small framelines with moderate telephotos. <There's no excuse for continuing the difficult, slow and error-prone film <loading system (yes, I know, it can be dealt with, and I do, but anyone <who's loaded a Leica R knows how much easier and quicker it is). All these <changes would make the Leica M do what it does best, better. I can't say it better, Lucien