Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 11/15/04 5:40 AM, Jonathan Borden at jonathan@openhealth.org wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2004, at 7:30 AM, Don Dory wrote: > >> Alexander, >> The original MP was essentially a M3 with a M2 film counter and a >> Leicavit attached. So if you love the M3 finder it was a very fine >> camera indeed. From memory, the Leicavit was made out of brass and >> therefore on the heavy side, the function was one continuous stroke. >> >> All in all a lovely camera. >> > Ah.... if I could just hack my M3 to add a TTL meter -- not a TTL > *flash* meter, just to paint a white spot on the shutter curtain and > perhaps project an EV number (or even just a couple of diodes) into the > viewfinder... I think the trickiest part would be adding a battery > casing, and a dial to set the ASA. > > Jonathan See http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008PFh Last I heard he was doing the same to an M2. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com