Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, that's the drawback. I agree that, if you're working with an M6TTL in combination with an older M body, it's better to have the shutter speed dials turn in a consistently wrong direction. I often use an M6 and R6 side by side, so I already have to "switch horses" mid-stream. It's so confusing that I have to look at the dial every time to make sure I'm turning in the right direction. At least I don't have to haul out the owners manual, as is so often the case on the Canon A2E. - --Jim - -----Original Message----- From: jimbrick@photoaccess.com [mailto:jimbrick@photoaccess.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 11:47 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] M6TTL shutter speed dial Aahhh... for 'scape work, and slow use, yes. But for a lot of M6 work, fast moving situations, changing situations, quick shots, parties (happy snaps), etc, the camera is operated with the subconscious mind. In these situations, two identical cameras, operating in opposite directions, and with a different led setup, could indeed be confusing. Photographers do not like to be confused. I confuse easily. Jim PS... I completely agree, the larger dial and proper direction makes perfect sense. But one doesn't usually change horses mid stream. One usually waits until they reach the other side. The M7E. still Jim At 10:24 AM 10/6/98 -0700, you wrote: >Why all this carping about the direction of rotation of the new M6TTL >shutter speed dial? > >We should all remember that it is the current (i.e., classic) M6 that has a >backwards-turning shutter-speed dial. Unlike the aperture ring, which you >turn in the direction of the red led arrow to set exposure, you turn the >shutter speed dial in opposite direction that the arrow is pointing. > >The R6.2 shutter speed dial makes much more sense. You turn it in the >direction of the arrow, just like the aperture ring. Now, Leica has >corrected the M6 in the new TTL version so that it's consistent. > >Only on the LUG would we decry such a design improvement. ;-) > >Jim Laurel >Business Development Manager >Microsoft Digital Television >jplaurel@microsoft.com >(425) 703-1143 >http://www.microsoft.com/dtv > http://www.photoaccess.com Jim Brick, ASMP, BIAA Photo Access (650) 470-1132 Visual Impressions Publishing Visual Impressions Photography (408) 296-1629