Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene I may be in error, but I believe that you are getting the top dial mixed up with the dial on the back of the camera. The only dial really being changed is the back dial. (That is, if I believe the credible attributers). Jerry grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > So what your saying is use the M7 dial on the MP and now you have a dial > with a scale for auto exposure compensation on a camera that does not have > that function? Seems like being cheap to me... > > Oh, thanks for calling me a Gentleman ;-) > Gene > > > John Collier > <jbcollier@shaw.ca> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] word on the street - changes to MP already! > -alto.ca.us > > > 05/13/2003 08:21 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > > > Gentleman, gentlemen! Perhaps it is just a matter of product > rationalization? Why make two slightly different parts when one can do > both jobs? > > John Collier > > On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 06:52 AM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com > wrote: > > > > > So what you are saying is that Leica is getting too cheap to reorder > > parts > > from their supplier? > > > <leica-user@ispwest.com> wrote: > > > > > > Not much, > > Rumours are, Leica has run out of parts for the old style and so the M7 > > dial was the next > > possible solution. > > Said so by a little birdy.. > > >> grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > >>> Rolfe > >>> > >>> The MP went to the old M6 style of shutter control which is opposite > >>> to > > the > >>> M6TTL and M7, which work much more easily with the light meter > > indicators. > >>> > >>> gene > >> > >> I'm aware of that. Personally, I prefer the old style shutter dial. > >> > >> But, according to Erwin, it is the ISO speed dial that is changing, > >> not > >> the shutter speed dial. So my question is, what is the difference > >> between the MP and M7 ISO speed dials? > > -- > 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