Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA black paint vs. Millennium
From: Richard DeLuca <odyssey@spectra.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:56:31 +0500

I may be in the minority, and I rarely post here, but it seems to me that
TTL flash metering in a RF Leica is really dumb.  Sorta like a turbo-diesel
(read 'go-stop') car........;->





>Shutter speed dial will be normal, not knurled.  The camera was originally to
>be based on the classic camera, but no more classics are available.
>BTW, did you know that a prime motivator for the change to the TTL camera was
>the exhaustion of the supply of the original M6 meter circuit and
>electronics.  The electronics had to be updated, so why not include TTL flash
>metering?  I'm still not sure what motivated the redesigned shutter speed
>dial.  Disappointing to us traditionalists.
>
>Bill Rosauer