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Subject: RE: [Leica] To M7 or not to M7, c'est la question - LONG
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:50:10 -0400

;-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffery
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 7:44 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] To M7 or not to M7, c'est la question - LONG


I bought the alternative autoexposure M camera (two of them, in fact). Now
that I see all of the enthusiasm toward the M7, my reaction is "See what
you've been missing?".

Jeffery

At 06:24 PM 7/2/02, you wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 22:19:38 +0100, Simon Lamb <simon@sclamb.com> wrote:
>
> >What I don't quite understand is, if Ted, Tina and others find the AE of
> >such benefit to get many more perfectly exposed images, why didn't they a
> >long time ago purchase one of the competitors (that accept M lenses) that
> >have the M7 features and much more?
>
>I can only speak for myself, but I did indeed buy one of the "pretenders to
>the throne" - the Hexar RF, which is the camera I think you're referring
>to.  I still think the feature set offered by that camera is very
>attractive, but IMNSHO that attractiveness was undercut by the
>implementation of the package as a whole.  As they say, the devil is in the
>details, and for my tastes the RF missed on a number of important details.
>The finder is too dark, the shutter button feels numb, and the shutter lag
>is very annoying.  I don't like the motor-only film advance  with no option
>for a silent advance when you need it.  I also had a number of misloads,
>which are vanishingly rare when I use an M.
>
>Others may love them, but when the M7 came out my Hexar was the first piece
>of gear to get a "For Sale" sticker.  Call me a traditionalist or call me
>someone who is willing to pay for what he wants, but to paraphrase Lloyd
>Bentsen, "I've known Leicas.  Leicas are friends of mine.  You, sir, are no
>Leica."
>
>Paul
>
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