Re: [Leica] M7 update. M7=Nikon EM?

["John R. Fulton Jr." <JRFjr@compuserve.com>]

Part of the solution to this would be a motordrive for the the M7 
that runs on AA batteries and also would power the M7 when attached. 
(Nikon F3, FE etc)
Flashlights, tape players, CD players, radios, GPS--practically the 
whole world runs on AA batteries. No matter where in the world you 
are the local market has AA batteries.
123As?
Who knows?


>
>M7 and batteries...wow...a really well made Minolta CLE...cool a competitor
>to the slow selling (but well made) Konica Hexar RF.
>
>To me and to millions of others, I am sure, one of the strong points of the
>M Leica, the Nikon F, F2 or Fm2/2n/3a etc has been the fact that you can
>keep on shooting when the batteries die.
>
>On a photo safari in Tanzania a couple years ago, many very good shooters
>brought their EOS and F4/5/N90 Nikons and they each were well prepared with
>two or three sets of spare batteries.
>
>14 days in high heat, high humidity, high dust, and constant hunt AF and
>fast MD driving long lenses killed batteries...
>
>And no matter how nice the hunting lodge within 20 minutes of our arrival
>they were out of even carbon zinc cells...let alone 123As.
>
>At night at the bar we watched people reload Kodak disposables...
>
>The lucky gentleman with the Pentax LX was able to keep shooting but the
>rest were severely hampered in a real world situation even though they had
>prepared in advance.
>
>if the M7 replaces the M6, I can only think back to the error Leitz made
>when I was a child and the M5 replaced the M4 only to be replaced by the M4.
>
>I HOPE that the M7 shutter is like that of the FM3a or at least like a
>Pentax LX or Canon NEW F1 with the majority of speeds being mechanically
>governed.
>
>I hope the M7 is not a the Leica equal to an Nikon EM.
>
>Mark
>
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