Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Nikon F3 had aperture priority and manual using an electronic shutter with one mechanical back up at 1/60. Flash sync was 1/80 and a limited TTL flash system with no exposure compensation (now they have F3 adaptors that give +/- 1/3 of a stop: whoopee). Metering was the usual Nikon bottom/center weighted. I think the M7 is just slightly more sophisticated than the F3. John Collier On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 02:02 PM, bdcolen wrote: > Better? The F3 had ttl flash....And unless I've gotten mixed up, didn't > it also have more exposure options..shutter preferred? Auto? Or have I > lost my mind - it's entirely possible. :-) > > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of John Collier > > I think it is more like an early eighties F3 with a viewfinder and a > better flash system. > > John Collier > > On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 11:35 AM, bdcolen wrote: > >> Right you are. Which is to say: >> IF the M6 is a 1953 camera updated with 1962 metering, >> THEN the M7 is a 1953 camera updated with 1972 metering. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> On Behalf Of John Collier >> >> There is no matrix metering, no evaluative exposure, no nothing. The >> M7 takes its readings from a light circle on the shutter curtain. That > >> is it. It is the same as an M6 except the camera twirls the shutter >> dial for you; figuratively speaking of course, the shutter speed is >> changed electronically. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html