Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/26

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Subject: RE: RE: [Leica] Ted Grant's Ravings
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:35:50 -0800

Thanks Bob,

Hey Marc,  looks like I don't have to start my own camera company.....at
least not alone! ;-)

Peter K

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From: Ruralmopics@aol.com [mailto:Ruralmopics@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:51 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Ted Grant's Ravings



In a message dated 1/25/00 8:49:11 PM, peterk@lucent.com writes:

>Here, here.  I am with you Bob. I would love a whizbang M7 with a proper
 film loading system, perhaps even an autoloading system.  Like you I do
>not collect, I use cameras.
>

I, too, am strictly a user. I have no problem with the manual 
exposure/non-metered format of my Leica M4-P and M3 for shooting black and 
white. I've been exposing Tri-x and T-Max for so long that a meter is 
ususally unnecessary. I would, however, very much like to have a more 
automated camera for use with color transperency film. If I could design my 
ideal "M" camera (not necessarily made by Leica) for color transperency work

it would include:

* an electronic shutter with aperture priority auto as well as a good, 
intuitive manual meter. It would display the camera-chosen shutter speed in 
the viewfinder when the camera is in auto. Something along the lines of the 
Nikon F3 meter display would be fine.
* TTL flash metering
* DX film recognition
* a "high-eyepoint" viewfinder with 35mm framelines that are visible to 
eyeglass wearers (but just barely -- no need to overdo it)
* Manual wind and a nice quiet shutter.

That's it -- no more, no less -- not a lot of bells and whistles by todays 
standards. And again, I really don't care who makes it as long as it works 
with Leica M lenses and it has a nice, quality feel to it. 

Bob (likes a little automation) McEowen