Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 7:44 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] To M7 or not to M7, c'est la question - LONG I bought the alternative autoexposure M camera (two of them, in fact). Now that I see all of the enthusiasm toward the M7, my reaction is "See what you've been missing?". Jeffery At 06:24 PM 7/2/02, you wrote: >On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 22:19:38 +0100, Simon Lamb <simon@sclamb.com> wrote: > > >What I don't quite understand is, if Ted, Tina and others find the AE of > >such benefit to get many more perfectly exposed images, why didn't they a > >long time ago purchase one of the competitors (that accept M lenses) that > >have the M7 features and much more? > >I can only speak for myself, but I did indeed buy one of the "pretenders to >the throne" - the Hexar RF, which is the camera I think you're referring >to. I still think the feature set offered by that camera is very >attractive, but IMNSHO that attractiveness was undercut by the >implementation of the package as a whole. As they say, the devil is in the >details, and for my tastes the RF missed on a number of important details. >The finder is too dark, the shutter button feels numb, and the shutter lag >is very annoying. I don't like the motor-only film advance with no option >for a silent advance when you need it. I also had a number of misloads, >which are vanishingly rare when I use an M. > >Others may love them, but when the M7 came out my Hexar was the first piece >of gear to get a "For Sale" sticker. Call me a traditionalist or call me >someone who is willing to pay for what he wants, but to paraphrase Lloyd >Bentsen, "I've known Leicas. Leicas are friends of mine. You, sir, are no >Leica." > >Paul > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html