Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hexar RF/M7
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 14:39:13 -0700

TEAShea@aol.com wrote:
> 
> << Get yourself an F5.  Top quality, very rugged, a huge number of features
> that
>  give you great technical flexibility.  The trade-off is that it is large and
>  heavy, and requires batteries. >>
> 
> A M7 would preclude the need for an advanced SLR in some situations.   Of
> course, there would still be situations where an SLR would be the camera of
> choice.
> 
> Tom Shea

What if an M7 was not higher tech but lower? 
A poor mans M6. M6 meets Holga... or the "Voigtlander". Tupperleica! 
Shutter speeds down to 1/30th. A line of Plastic lenses. Shutter operated by
user replaceable rubber bands. But a big fat Red dot on the front. Built in flash.
How about flashcubes!
Mark Rabiner