Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > Wait...Let me make sure that I get this right: > > Any opinion that this is not the greatest Leica product of all times, as > opposed to being a disappointment because it didn't incorporate any > generally available post-1970 technology, is sour grapes? > > Excuse me, Paul, but that statement is more than a little foolish. > > Yes, adding something as basic as AE to the M6 is long overdue. So in that > sense it's a "slam dunk." But adding a flash sync of, say, a 250th - or even > a 125th, adding a shutter with a top speed of a 4000th - or even a 2000th, > eliminating viewfinder flare right out of the box - rather than saving it > for the M7redux to be released after Photokina, providing a high-sync speed > flash that can be used in TTL mode - like Canon and Olympus, are all > features that many people were waiting for and didn't get. And those are > features that would have made an M7 much more of a must-have for many of us > than AE exposure. > > Sour grapes? No. Just disappointment. > I think the level of disappointment of a new shutter against sticking with what users and connoisseurs have been used to for many decades would be greater. That's what they were thinking I'm sure. They built a more modern camera but within the constraints of a very classic shutter. To many it will still be considered a Leica and not something else unmentionable. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html