Re: [Leica] New shutter-speed dial

[Leon Davenport <leonjdav@pacbell.net>]

Mike,

I'm sorry but I disagree.  One of the things that I didn't like about the M6
is that the meter gave me a direction that was at odds which which I was
accustomed to moving the shutter speed dial.  Coming from Nikon into Leica I
was used to the shutter speed and aperture that follow the direction that
the meter instructed me to move it.

I am encouraged by the change.  I believe that Leica listened to
photographers when they make the change.  To continue to do something that
you do historically when you can do it better with a small change in
procedure or equipment is stubborn.  I understand that you like it.  Fine.
For me it made a big difference.  I missed shots and it was uncomfortable.
The M6 is a great camera and a great system but little things like that can
be very important.

In any case, good shooting and may all of your exposures be perfect.


Leon.

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> From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
> Organization: n/a
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 10:46:06 +0000
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] New shutter-speed dial
> 
>>>> Same direction as an R, and "the way the little red arrows point".  I
> 
> understand it, I'm just not used to it.<<<
> 
> Jeff,
> It's a very discouraging sign, in my opinion. It's the kind of design
> decision that would be made by people who aren't familiar with what it
> is to learn a camera and get to know its operation like second nature.
> Real Leica M photographers have been turning the shutter speed dial one
> way for decades; making them switch now is like making an American move
> to England and drive on the wrong side of the road. It doesn't make any
> difference which way it turns, but it does make a difference to people
> who have learned to operate their cameras without thinking.
> 
> This is the kind of sign that shows that the people making these
> decisions are not photographers. That's an endemic disease in much of
> the photo industry, and I'm sorry to see such sure evidence that it
> exists at Leica too.
> 
> :-(
> 
> --Mike
>