Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andrew S Jordan wrote: <One clear improvement in the "M7" over the M6 I would like to see is the <incorporation of averaging in addition to spot metering. Note that the <spotsize in the M6 is 12mm which is significantly larger than the one in the <M5(8.5mm) Personally, I will prefer a real spotmeter, like on the M5. <An LED readout of at least the selected f-stop or shutterspeed would <also be handy. It's possible for the shutterspeed, but not for the F-stop because there is not link between the lens & the body. < Otherwise LET US LEAVE the M6 in itss essentially mechanical <form.Disappointed Leicaphiles should acquire the electronically superior and <probably optically equal Contax G2. I don't agree. I hope that Leica will offer us in a nearby future (before PHOTOKINA 98) the choice between the M6 and a fully electronic body, with all the possibilities that whe may imagine plus a silent mode. But I want to have the possibility to use all my previous lenses. On a M body, I don't think whe need autofocus. I have tried the Contax G2 and I was'nt convinced by the autofocus on that type of camera. By the way, I'm not a disappointed Leicaphile , but on the contrary, I'm a Leicaphile who want to use those marvelous lenses in a wider choice of situations. Lucien