Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been using mine for over a week now and I must say having the opportunity to shoot a new M3(Adapted of course) is an immense feeling. I cannot say what the feeling was like back in the day when the M3 was new, but I can say that the smoothness of the shutter is beyond anything I have ever expected in a camera. I will not start sucking Leica's ---- but I am please..if it is even just to have experienced what guys back in the days did when the M3 came out. Ruddy Roye > Just saw the new MP at a local camera store. They just got the camera > in stock--though they're still waiting for the Leicavit and rewind > crank. > > Here are my impressions: > Wow! I really loved it, which is a surprise (since I haven't been a fan > of virtually all post-1970 Leica RF gear until the M7.) The finish was > very nice (if a bit glossy); it felt more like my old M3 updated than I > would have expected. The shutter seemed exceptionally quiet. I wonder > if Leica did anything special with the mechanical shutter mechanism for > this run. I loved the retro small shutter-speed dial. Match-diode > metering is kind of a pain for me; would have loved seeing this with AE, > but then that would spoil the charm of offering an all-mechanical > shutter in 2003. Downsides include: the cheesy covering. It really > should have been something like the original 50s Leica vulcanite! On > the camera I used, it looked as if it were going to start falling away > after the third roll. The meter battery cover also looked like a > candidate for immediate loss, but then that's no different from an M6. > Camera seemed very substantial, even a bit heavy. > > To me, if I had the extra dough to dump on a discretionary purchase like > this it would be a tossup between an MP and the M7. I really like both, > but for different reasons. > > Best, > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html