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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 UPDATE
From: "eric korenman" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:02:19 -0500

YAHOO!
I have been waiting in the wings to go Leica for 4 years now.
More of a fiancial constraint than anything.
July 2002 has been my target "lets go out and buy it" date for over 2 years.
Couldn't be better timing for an M7!

Heart skipping a beat,
Eric

>From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] M7 UPDATE
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:05:32 -0800
>
>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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