[Leica] M6/7 Shutter Speed Dial

[Mark <mark@steinberg.net>]

Ted Grant wrote:
> 
> I pretty well know what the shutter speed is once I start a shoot when
> using my M cameras and when I look through the viewfinder if I have to make
> an adjustment for the two little "red" arrowheads, I just reach over and
> push my finger along the side of the dial and make adjustments.
>

yes, this is pretty much exactly what i've learnt to do. i now glance
at the dial as i bring it to my eye (and generally leave it at 125 when not
in "active use"). 

i press the tip of my fore finger onto the front edge of the dial and i 
have learnt that push will slow the shutter speed and pull will quicken it.

sometimes i get a bit "lost" because my fingertip slips on the dial and 
have to relook....but that's ok.

there's not much else that i'd change about the m6. i bought it because it
is the way it is.

i've got a problem with any suggestions for the m7 that would involve 
batteries and the use thereof. it would be nice if leica merged the MH and
the regular finder into a single unit with a mechanical switch that switched
in a diopter (or whatever, i leave that magic to the engineers !).

mark