Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/13

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Subject: Re: Thoughts for Solms on a new M7 [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V2 #160
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 09:04:57 -0500

At 08:04 PM 2/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Danny:
>
>With all due respect to Ted and his crew for them the M is a blast from
>that past to use once in a while, so they don't want to touch that. I
>wonder how this conversation would go if they used an M for 90% of their
>35mm shooting as I do. Or if the M had a modern electronic shutter with EAB
>and mattrix metering and the R line hadn't seen any advancements since 1984. 
>
>It would be a different thread because they'd all be shooting Canon or Nikon.
>
>Tom

Tom:

I use the M for 95% of my shooting and I don't want it changed!  Most of
the additions people are asking for would make the camera noisier, bigger,
or more fragile.  I need a quiet, small, indestructable camera - the M6 is
perfect!

Tina


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