Re: [Leica] my M7

[Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@5senses.com>]

I agree with the foam rot and light leak, and there HAS to be a better way!
Maybe a VERY small LCD panel on back that shows the ASA and has 2
small buttons on each side to go up or down???  Yes, that means a small
watch battery would be required......the bad side.

I guess I will recant on the shutter speed dial placement idea.  I agree......
it's ok where it is.

I just got a new second M6 so I'll have to see whether or not the moving "R"
lever is a body-specific anomaly.

AE and AF can stay off the M6 for all I'm concerned.  I think most of us
would have it on M mode al the time anyway.  AF would mean new lenses......
forget it!

A 1-5 degree Spot Meter would be nice, though......again, electronic!

Francesco






At 04:06 PM 7/2/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Come on, every camera has a viewing window
>>so we can see our film type at a glance.  Very necessary.
>
>I don't like these. They require foam light insulation and that will
>eventually break down and cause a light leak. I know; I must be crazy.
>We'll never agree.
>
>>but just move it a fraction of an inch towards the front
>>edge of the body so I can change the shutter speed without looking up.
>
>I can't see the advantage. We're 0 for 2 now.
>
>>Plus, every dial I have seen stops at
>>different places for each ASA setting......some slightly before, some dead
>>on, some slightly after.  Not good.
>
>I'm with you on this one. The markings should be about half as wide and
>they should line up very precisely. I don't mind the basic design, however.
>I don't need this dial to be cluttering up the other controls, so it should
>stay where it is.
>
>Ok now we're 1 for 3 (more or less).
>
>>4.  An "R" lever that stays in place.
>
>Never had a problem with it. Maybe I'm lucky. I agree that, in principal,
>it should stay in place, but it sounds like a problem specific to your
>camera.
>
>I guess that makes 2 for 4.
>
>But if they're going to justify a whole new model number I doubt they are
>going to simply make a couple of little tweaks. At a minimum they'll have
>to add aperture priority auto exposure. In doing this they will need an
>electronically controlled shutter, so we will also get 1) higher flash sync
>2) a faster top shutter speed (they'd be crazy not to).
>
>I'm not too concerned about what they do as long as the M6 remains
>available, which I suspect it will.
>
>I seriously doubt they'll introduce AF. Maybe a spot meter setting would be
>nice.
>
>I suspect that they will keep the same body design overall (remembering the
>fate of the M5). It might be a few mm larger, but not greatly.
>
>Who knows, it might not happen.
>
>How long's it been since we had an M7 thread? It looks like we're going to
>have another.
>
>As my mom used to say: "Everyone play nice!"
>
>-Charlie
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