Re: Thoughts for Solms on a new M7 [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V2 #160

[Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>]

Danny:

With all due respect to Ted and his crew for them the M is a blast from
that past to use once in a while, so they don't want to touch that. I
wonder how this conversation would go if they used an M for 90% of their
35mm shooting as I do. Or if the M had a modern electronic shutter with EAB
and mattrix metering and the R line hadn't seen any advancements since 1984. 

It would be a different thread because they'd all be shooting Canon or Nikon.

Tom

At 11:58 PM 2/11/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Tom,
>
>> When you lock up the mirror on the EOS-5 the shutter itself is nearly
>> silent. 
>
>That was my point exactly. I'm all for an M6E and I don't see the harm in
letting 
>Leica know what we (some of us at least) want. After all, it will be an
alternative M6 
>for those of us that want an extended featureset and it's inconceivable
that it would 
>replace the current camera. A hybrid shutter would be nice, but if it were
to make 
>the camera louder (it's already not as quiet as its reputation requires),
that would be 
>a mistake.  
>
>Why this conversation qualifies as an 'embarrasment', in the minds of
some, is 
>puzzling; strict conformity is not a requirement of the LUG that I'm aware
of (yet).
>
>Delete at will, those of you who cannot stomach the march.
>
>Danny Gonzalez
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