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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 or MP?
From: "SonC \(Sonny Carter\)" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 13:32:12 -0500
References: <5facff1b53c14459b431fad14b8d1f6f.leica-user@ispwest.com>

M7 Shutter
Horizontally running, rubberized cloth focal plane shutter. Extremely
quiet. Controlled electronically, plus two mechanically-set shutter
speeds : 1/60 s and 1/125 s.


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From: <leica-user@ispwest.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 or MP?


> Its a hard comparison.  They are both great instrument, I sold my M7
to get the MP
> because I did not want to be dependent on batteries for my camera to
work.  A Year ago I
> was in the Pit at the WTC covering a story for AP when the camera
stopped on me
> because the batteries were exhausted.  Now if that was the MP I
would have been able to
> carry on taking pictures.  As a result, I had to stop, reload fresh
batteries meanwhile my
> picture was gone.
>
> I enjoyed the M7 when I had it.  I have nothing bad to say about it.
Quiet shutter, a
> wonderful advantage in the Aperture Priority mode, ladi, dadi, blah,
blah, blah. If you are
> trying to decide which one to buy, you might as well save some more
money and buy
> both:-)
>
>
> > Hi all!!!!
> >
> > Someone of the list has used an M7 and an MP too?
> > It is a curiosity of mine to have impressions about these last
cameras.
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance, ciao from Italy,
> >
> > Claudio
> >
> >
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