Re: [Leica] Leica users don't like change

["Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@charter.net>]

I agree, B.D. - and that's why I moved up from a 1959 M3 to a 1988 M6.  I
wanted the benefit of the in-camera meter (which I had used in my other
cameras since the late 60's) but didn't feel the AF of the M7 would add that
much additional benefit, at least for me...who shoots only a limited amount
of film during a year.

After all my screwing around trying to decide whether I should move on to a
more modern camera system ( which you and others so graciously help me work
through with well thought out suggestions based on experience) or even ditch
film and go digital ( about which others also gave me their best
suggestions)  I realized that there was no real substitute for the M6 and
the Leica glass (yes, I did consider the Bessa R2 and CV lenses which others
considered a good system to replace the M3).

Ted


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica users don't like change


> You're a bit wide of the mark there, Martin...
>
> I wouldn't be using either an M6 or M7 if there was a true equivalent -
> in terms of even modern Leica quality - with really modern features -
> 1/250th flash sync, top shutter speed of a 1/2000th or more, Ap pref,
> shutter pref, build-in motor....And, sure, that camera might have to be
> a bit bigger....
>
> The problem is that that such a camera doesn't exist...If you want a
> high quality RF the M is your camera - I know the Bessa R2 is good, and
> the Rollei version will probably be a bit better than that, and I know
> the Konica is good. But an M is an M...
>
> That said, I don't think the antediluvian improvements to the M7 make
> trading up worthwhile in this, the last half-decade of film photography.
>
> I'm not conservative on this - I'm a radical with no where to go if I
> want to use rangefinders. :-)
>
> B. D.
> I know, Ted, I know - AE is God's gift to photographers and an M7 would
> improve my life the way the washing machine and drier improved the lives
> of housewives! :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Martin
> Howard
> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:38 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica users don't like change
>
>
> On Saturday, Nov 16, 2002, at 09:54 America/Los_Angeles, bdcolen wrote:
>
> > M6 = 1953 camera with 1966 metering
> > M7 = 1953 camera with 1972 metering
> >
> > I'll stick with the 1966, given the price differential and the fact
> > that
> > I'm used to it.
>
> And people wonder why Leica camera users are conservative... ;)
>
> M.
>
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> Martin Howard
> mvhoward@mac.com
>
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