RE: RE: [Leica] Ted Grant's Ravings

["William D. Nelsch, Esq." <bnelsch@uswest.net>]

It's called an R8 Bob.

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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