Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My big chunky fingers can't seem to get around those itty bitty M3,4,6,MP shutter dials. But they work just fine on the M6TTL large shutter dial. ;-) Gene -------------- Original message from Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>: -------------- > I twist the itty bitty m3 m6 and mp shutter dials betwixt thumb (aft) > and forefinger (fore). The LED arrow tells me which direction to move > the thumb, that appendage being paramount in asserting my superiority > over lesser beasts. > > > 2006-11-07-12:57:11 Walt Johnson: > >> Personally, I prefer the M6 and the idea of changing dial designs > >> (M6TTL) seemed idiotic. > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 4:14 pm, Jeff Moore wrote: > > ...and that's what they were trying to achieve, for people who shoot > > with both Ms and Rs. They made the shutter dial rotate the same way > > for > > both. That, and they made moving the controls in response to the > > internal M light-meter LEDs more intuitive -- to follow the suggestions > > of the in-camera meter, you rotate the top of the aperture dial (the > > side you look at, and think about) or the front of the shutter dial > > (the > > side your index finger fetches up against) in the direction the little > > LED arrowhead is pointing. > -rei > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information