Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/21

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Subject: [Leica] "MP" Viewfinder
From: jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)
Date: Wed Nov 21 07:39:18 2007
References: <200711210810.lAL88Tjn025233@server1.waverley.reid.org> <47444F32.7010907@verizon.net>

The earliest versions of the M7 had a viewfinder that was a legacy of the
M6, with the attendant rangefinder flare problems.  Later versions of the M7
used the upgraded finder that was also found in all the latter-day MPs,
which has the problem corrected with improved optics.

Of course, if you have an early M7 (or any M6) you can perform the upgrade
yourself--stick a piece of semi-transparent Scotch tape over the
light-gathering window, and flare problem solved.

I used to have the serial number where the M7 correction began, but that's
among the lost files of the Incas.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Stan
Yoder
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:31 AM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] "MP" Viewfinder

I see M7s advertised with "updated MP viewfinder." How does that differ from
the standard M7 VF?

TIA,
Stan Yoder



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