Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roy Gumpel asked: Subject: [Leica] m7...good or not? > How is the m7? Are you guys buying them? I've used m4 forever, and > dreamed about the day when an m4 would be made with AE. > Is the m7 the answer to my dreams? Is it much faster to use than the > m6? <<< Hi Roy, I use 3 of them on assignments and have done so since the end of last year and there isn't any other M to match them! I'm on AE 99.9% of the time and shoot away totally concentrating on the light, subject, focus, shoot! I'm talking about speed of use and accuracy of exposures roll after roll. In the first three months of this year I shot in the neighborhood of 5 hundred rolls while working on a book and nary a wrong exposure! And with many years of M use of other models, 3 at a time, the M7 will make you a very happy camper as a Leica shooter. Mine are equipped with Tom Abrahamsson RapidWinder's and it makes the M7 a rapid fire piece of cake if you shoot quickly and people. Actually the AE is the magic! Most of the time I don't bother about what the speed is (unless it's of major importance in the effect I want) because I've become so accustomed to it being " right as selected " by the camera, I just concentrate on the subject and shoot. Go for it you can't go wrong! ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant Samples from the Women in Medicine project: http://www.sandycarterphotography.com/WIMcollagePage.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html