Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I've always been against having an M7 out there. But this sentence (I > wasn't there) seems like someone died. I have this image of him saying this > in slow motion, reverberating around the room, everyone stunned with jaws > dropped - the whole thing about a minute long, then back to normal. > Still, however it sounds it's good. M6 will become something 'too' > dissimilar as time goes on. The ttl is enough. An M7 is fine just change > the first letter. From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> <<I'm feeling that Leica may be missing a trick in not renaming it's M cameras. Sure the M4 only became the M4-2 and later the M4P, but there is an external market to consider who may feel if there hasn't been a new number out for a while there hasn't been development of the previous model, which was inroduced over 15 years ago... But of course there has. The M6TTL became a re-ergonomised (?) camera along with a slightly different size, an M7 would have made life easier for the market, the engravers, the advertisers as well as giving the purchasers a greater sense of 'upgrade'. I'm not for change for the sake of it, far from it, but there are times when it has real benefits to consider...>> Jem >> - ------------------------------------------- You're right. The change is inevitable in any case. The solution may very well be to change the name, for many reasons. The alternative is that the M6 gets 'too' updated and after time it may be hard to say if you use an M6 or not - could take a while hasn't happened yet (did it!?) So maybe close the M6 and seal it, as it is still what we (me!) want it to be. Keep 'em comin', then we'll have those and also we'll run out and buy M7.1's and we'll have a ball and soon be out on the street selling summicrons. It's more refreshing than some other possibilities. They could work on an R10.0 and come out with an SLR the size of M6, and a 180/2 APO the size of the 35 summicron (pre-asph) M, that would be good! After all we are ready! Leica can do whatever they want! We'll be there for the applause! It's good to know all Luggers think the same!9472383047347890! also!!..,rtight!