RE: [Leica] M7 Photo

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

:-) 'Simplicity' is often the term used to describe a product with very few
features by those who love the product. I would point out that some of the
people who are now raving about the modern miracle of AE on the M7 long
defended the M6's lack of such techno-frippery and praised Leica for not
being foolish enough to corrupt the M line with it.;-)

Simplicity indeed!

B. D.


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
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CHRISTOPHER.CHEN@CUSTOMS.TREAS.GOV
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:13 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: re: [Leica] M7 Photo


"Simplicity" or just lack of features?  It seems to me that Rolfe's query
points up 1 situation where the Contax G2 (or Hexar RF, or any camera w/a
separate AE lock) is superior to the M7 & where the M6 (or any manual
camera) isn't that much harder to use.

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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:12:45 -0400
From: "faneuil" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
Subject: re: [Leica] M7 Photo
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<002201c2207e$e966ed00$633f4d18@gv.shawcable.net>
<98780266.1025460066@berkshire.ldp.com>

Good point - and true.
Only workaround would be to go to manual and lock in the settings.
But hey, the aperture priority is really a joy to use.

Coming from a Contax G2, the simplicity is of the M7 is wonderfully
freeing.
Most of all, I appreciate the quiet shutter (sound of one hand clapping
next
to the G2)

A new M7 owner (first time leica user times one week),
Eric

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From: "Rolfe Tessem" <rolfe@ldp.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Photo


>
> --On Sunday, June 30, 2002 2:41 PM -0700 Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
wrote:
>
> > Frank Filippone wrote and asked:
> >
> >>>> You just pointed the camera at the scene, did not especially meter
the
> > faces
> >> or something else, and this is what you got?<<<<<
> >
> > Frank,
> > Yep that's just about what one does with the M7! To me it's the super
P&S
> > camera without fiddling.
> >
> > And like Tina explained regarding slight change of exposure, the quick
> > action of point at something to meter off, slight pressure on shutter
> > release, re-frame and shoot can be done much faster than I type these
few
> > words.
>
> Ted,
>
> Just to play devil's advocate:
>
> Doesn't it become tiresome to do this on shot after shot after shot,
since
> the M7 doesn't remember the AE compensation past the current shot?
>
> With the M6 I'll meter the ground, grass or whatever once, and then
shoot
> away until the lighting changes -- without the need to reframe on each
> shot. It seems to me that, when this technique is used with the M7, it
is
> actually more work not less.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Rolfe
> --
> Rolfe Tessem
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