R: [Leica] my M7

["guido ridoli" <guirid@numerica.it>]

Dear Francesco,
for your problems  this is the solution:
My opinions :-)
1)  It's difficullt to put a small windows in the back plate because there
isn't enought place for the piece of foam rubber  and for the film in M
body. I suggest to fix a little piece of Scotch tape on the part of the
film box you need, and fix all together under  the Base plate camera. (like
a real PRO)
2)  Buy an M5 the shutter speed dial is very good, bigger and easy to use
3)  Buy an M5 the ASA dial is on the top plate and it is more sturdy and
more resistant and easy to use than M6
4)  Buy an M5 no problem with crank when you rewind the film. The rewinnd
crank locks automatically and you never have the lever springs back to its
resting position and the spool spins rapidly| backwards.

With the big  King Nlux the M5 body  has a good grip

Of course :-) you need a two lugs M5 and carry it ONLY on the short side
(like a real PRO or a real LEICA M SUPERFAN)

        Guido Ridoli
LEICA M SUPERFAN
  guirid@numerica.it

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| Da: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@5senses.com>
| A: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
| Oggetto: [Leica] my M7
| Data: giovedì 2 luglio 1998 23.23
| 
| All this talk of improvements to the M6 makes me want to share
| what I think are subtle, yet important features that need to appear 
| in the next M camera incarnation, without ruining the M mystique.
| 
| 1.  A small, clear window in the back plate so one can see which film
| one has loaded in the camera.......I hate it when an M6 is put away for
| a few days, then I pull it out to shoot and I have NO CLUE what film is
| loaded!  Sure the ASA dial says 100, but is is Sensia II, Astia, Provia, 
| Ektachrome, or what????  Come on, every camera has a viewing window
| so we can see our film type at a glance.  Very necessary.
| 
| 2.  A slightly protruding shutter speed dial.  Keep the design, look,
size,
| and feel the same, but just move it a fraction of an inch towards the
front 
| edge of the body so I can change the shutter speed without looking up.
| Kinda like the dials on the R8, but more sturdy and more resistant.
| 
| 3.  A different ASA dial, please!  I am tired of having to turn my finger
at
| an awkward angle to change the ASA.  Can't we have a sliding scale or
| something a bit easier to change?  Plus, every dial I have seen stops at 
| different places for each ASA setting......some slightly before, some
dead
| on, some slightly after.  Not good.
| 
| 4.  An "R" lever that stays in place.  Half of the times I go to rewind,
| the "R"
| lever springs back to its resting position and the spool spins rapidly
| backwards.
| We need some sort of locking mechanism so this does not happen.  I should
not
| need to forcefully keep my finger on the "R" lever as I rewind.
| 
| That's all I can think of now.  Notice I did not say "put the shutter
speed
| and 
| aperture in the viewfinder window."  I like the uncluttered window of the
| M6....
| let's keep it that way.  
| 
| Francesco
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