Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1974: Contax RTS with AE and diode in VF Patrick - --- "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com> wrote: > At 12:09 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, bdcolen wrote: > >M6= 1954 camera with 1963 metering system > >M7= 1954 camera with 1972 metering system > > I think you missed this one by a decade. The M7 is > more like a 1982 > metering system. I think the 1970's auto cameras > still had the needle that > moved up and down to display the shutter speed the > auto meter > selected. The M7 has caught up to the Canon AE-1 or > Nikon FE/F3, with the > exception of program more. > > Regards, > > Robert > > > >:-) > > > >B. D. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On > Behalf Of John > >Collier > >Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:06 AM > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: Re: [Leica] M motor > drive/winder/RabidWinder > > > > > >If by "burst" you mean continuous, then the M-Motor > will do about three > >frames a second. I think the original poster used > burst to imply five > >frames a second or more. The M6 was not designed in > the eighties. It is > >a simple adaption of the M3. The M cameras were > never designed with a > >Motor/Winder in mind. They need an electronic > connection between the > >M/W and the body. As with all purely mechanical > M/Ws (including Nikon) > >you have to be careful when using the slow shutter > speeds. > > > >John Collier > > > >On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Jerry > Lehrer wrote: > > > > > Isn't it embarrassing to see that a 30 year old > Nikon and it's ancient > > > > > motor drive pushing an SLR with it's flip-flop > mirror can do a burst > > > of exposures; and a newly designed Leica Motor > cannot? The Leica M-6 > > > was designed looong after the Nikon F2 and it's > motor drive was > > > obsolete. > > > > > > Even the old clockwork MOOLY could do burst > exposures. > > > >-- > >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 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html