Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 UPDATE
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:58:21 -0500 (EST)

Sounds like a Nikon F3 shutter.

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Dante Stella

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I just got off the phone with Deep-Throat who HAS THE CAMERA IN HAND.
> It looks just like an M6 TTL until you look real close.
>
> The shutter speed dial goes from 4 seconds to 1000th.
>
> A line between 125/60 to indicate the two batteryless back-up shutter speeds.
>
> DX which is over rideable on the back of the camera. A different film
> speed dial.
> No din. They'll be a din about that it's been gone for what? 3 decades?
>
> A collar around the shutter release like on the F3 as an on off switch.
> 	(A very good thing it sounds like to me)
>
> A longer shutter release throw. Probably as a method to freeze an
> exposure setting.
> We're checking into that.
> Talk about probable points of contention. But we'll see how it works in
> actually operation.
>
> But the overall impression is positive.
> Will probably update as soon as a roll goes though the camera.
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> Portland, Oregon USA
> http://www.markrabiner.com
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