Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] word on the street - changes to MP already!
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:21:31 -0600

Gentleman, gentlemen! Perhaps it is just a matter of product 
rationalization? Why make two slightly different parts when one can do 
both jobs?

John Collier

On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 06:52 AM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com 
wrote:

>
> So what you are saying is that Leica is getting too cheap to reorder 
> parts
> from their supplier?


> <leica-user@ispwest.com>   wrote:
>
>
> Not much,
> Rumours are, Leica has run out of parts for the old style and so the M7
> dial was the next
> possible solution.
> Said so by a little birdy..

>> grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>>> Rolfe
>>>
>>> The MP went to the old M6 style of shutter control which is opposite 
>>> to
> the
>>> M6TTL and M7, which work much more easily with the light meter
> indicators.
>>>
>>> gene
>>
>> I'm aware of that. Personally, I prefer the old style shutter dial.
>>
>> But, according to Erwin, it is the ISO speed dial that is changing, 
>> not
>> the shutter speed dial. So my question is, what is the difference
>> between the MP and M7 ISO speed dials?

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