Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Seeking advice on the merits of the M7 and MP (TG speaks)
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Nov 2 07:27:37 2007
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I couldn't resist;^)

ric



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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Ric Carter [mailto:ricc@mindspring.com]
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> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 6:31 PM
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> > To: Ted Grant
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> > Subject: Fwd: [Leica] Re: Seeking advice on the merits of the M7
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> > and MP
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> > Damn, Ted, where are you when we need you??
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> > ;^)
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> > ric

> On Nov 1, 2007, at 11:34 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
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> > Hi Ric old buddy,
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> > How's it going? :-)
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> > The M7 is that bad eh? Bull shit! It?s a beautiful camera just like
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> > all the other M?s and works wonders quicker than you can spit! Not
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> > that I?m doing much these days, but I have an M8 and it?s just as
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> > wonderful as the M7, only better! No film! J
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> > I unfortunately had to sell my 3 M7 bodies I bought to shoot the
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> > book, ?Women in Medicine.? Life?s like that sometimes. L
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> > Here?s how well the M7?s worked ?.. 500 rolls tri-x 36 exp. film
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> > through them and not one blown exposure with every frame shot on
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> > ?A? or whatever it was.. oh yeah ?AE lock?? Roll after roll perfect
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> > exposures, that doesn?t mean perfect pictures, I screwed up a  
> few! ;-)
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> > I never had an MP as it was just one of those luxury sucker items !
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> > Besides it wouldn?t? take better pictures than any other M! J  I
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> > hope this helped. J
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> > Kindest regards,
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> > ted



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