Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yikes! Get your M6, while you still can! Dan C. At 08:20 AM 21-08-98 +0900, you wrote: >Hi All, > >Begin Magazine's Sep. issue, on the stands in Japan today, has a 2pg >scoop on M7 specs. Begin is not a photo magazine, it's a monthly >guide to hot and trendy conumer goods---one of the monthly bibles of >consumerism in Japan. The source of the scoop/leak is totally >unattributed, and a very large photo of an "M7" is a Photoshop-altered >M6 (they do say in print it is an artist's rendering). So I am >skeptical, but can't resist posting it.... > >Specs/Speculations?: >Shutter: electronic vertical titanium focal plane, B-1/2000, "higher >X-synch" (synch speed not specified in article) >Metering: aperture-priority AE >Finder: 0.85x magnification >Size/weight: 144x80x33; 800g (6mm longer/3mm higher than M6) >Other: body edges may be more squared than rounded; body covering will >bo ostrich, there is mention of an additional light-gathering window >above the lens related to the AE function and there is also something >about an additional light sensor or window near the frame selector >lever (Oka-sensei---help with all this kanji, please!!!) > >The main > > > >Paul C. Brodek/Trek Japan >E-mail: pcb@iac.co.jp >Tel: 078-413-6606 (Int'l: 81-78-413-6606) >Fax: 078-413-6607 (Int'l: 81-78-413-6607) > >