Re: [Leica] my M7

["Joseph Codispoti" <joecodi@thegrid.net>]

Francesco,
Are you aware that you have described the Nikon F3?
Ciao,
Joseph Codispoti

From: Francesco Sanfilippo
Subject: [Leica] my M7


>All this talk of improvements to the M6 makes me want to share
>what I think are subtle, yet important features that need to appear
>in the next M camera incarnation, without ruining the M mystique.
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>1.  A small, clear window in the back plate so one can see which film
>one has loaded in the camera.......I hate it when an M6 is put away for
>a few days, then I pull it out to shoot and I have NO CLUE what film is
>loaded!  Sure the ASA dial says 100, but is is Sensia II, Astia, Provia,
>Ektachrome, or what????  Come on, every camera has a viewing window
>so we can see our film type at a glance.  Very necessary.
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>2.  A slightly protruding shutter speed dial.  Keep the design, look, size,
>and feel the same, 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.
>Kinda like the dials on the R8, but more sturdy and more resistant.
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>3.  A different ASA dial, please!  I am tired of having to turn my finger
at
>an awkward angle to change the ASA.  Can't we have a sliding scale or
>something a bit easier to change?  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.
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>4.  An "R" lever that stays in place.  Half of the times I go to rewind,
>the "R"
>lever springs back to its resting position and the spool spins rapidly
>backwards.
>We need some sort of locking mechanism so this does not happen.  I should
not
>need to forcefully keep my finger on the "R" lever as I rewind.
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>That's all I can think of now.  Notice I did not say "put the shutter speed
>and
>aperture in the viewfinder window."  I like the uncluttered window of the
>M6....
>let's keep it that way.
>
>Francesco
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