Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, several posts have referred to the advance lever locking up. Leica could not repair it so they replaced the cameras. The ISO dial is not loose in that sense, posts have indicated it is too easy to move it and it goes unnoticed. Several posts have mentioned the battery cover falling off. I am sure not every M has these problems. Otherwise, I agree about the blinking viewfinder. I assume all 7s do have the flare problem. I have the 2,3,4,5 and 3 6s. Shoot them all while patiently waiting to get a 7. This is the way I time travel. I am also enjoying the joys of a MF Leica type rangefinder, the Mamiya 7. Now have to get in the darkroom and do some printing while the chemistry is still being made. :-) Nathan Wajsman wrote: >Bill, > >I have now had the M7 for several months and have not experienced the problems >you mention: my ISO dial is not loose, the advance lever functions perfectly, and >while I did dislodge the battery cover once while shooting the test roll, it has >not happened since. The blinking in the viewfinder when in non-DX mode is a >feature, not a "problem"; we may dislike it or like it but it was designed that >way, hence it is not fair to call it a problem, as in a defect. From my >experience with the M7 so far, it is the best Leica M ever, at least among the >ones I own or have owned, which include the M3, M6TTL and two flavors of M6 >classic (0.72 and 0.85). > >Nathan > >Bill Satterfield wrote: > >>This is the reason I have not bought a M7. Waiting in them to fix this, >>the ISO loose dial problem, the advance lever locking up problem, the >>battery cover popping off problem. the blinking in the viewfinder when >>in non ISO mode problem and one or two others I can not recall. I will >>be first in line when they address and resolve these problems. Also, >>rumor has it they may becoming out with an engraved topple. >> > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > >Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > >-- >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