Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: now R-bodies talk
From: "Jorg Willems" <jorg@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:21:17 -0400

We just bought another R7 for my wife's wedding photography from one of our
LUG friends.   She uses most of the time "p" mode except for
'wild-dancing-shutter-dragging' where she uses 'm' and TTL with her Metz
(either 32CT3 or 45CL4).

It is, indeed, an amazing camera.  It has never failed her.

Jorg

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Brick

<snip>

> I believe the R7 is the best overall
> "R" camera today. Somewhat because it is a complete and working "system".
> The R7 is the last of a very long lineage. It is rock solid and bug free.
> Plus 1/2 shutter speeds and mirror lockup. In "P" mode, it is the most
> "dead on" camera I have ever seen. My daughter used her R7 in both a Leica
> workshop that I taught and on a three week Europe trip, all in "P" mode.
> Everything was dead on. Amazing camera.
>
> Jim