Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I believe what he said - and I may be wrong - is that he had enough juice > for the meter, not enough to use the electronic shutter in any mode. And he > has since confirmed that he had a choice of the two mechanical speeds - > 1/60th and 1/125th. > > Don't get me wrong, as a user of Nikon F100s I am hardly anti-battery > powered cameras. Just pointing out that don't think that if you're using an > M7 and the batteries fail everything is hunky dory because you have two > mechanical speeds. If you need a shutter speed lower than 1/60th, or higher > than a 1/125th, you might as well be wearing a brick around your neck, > because the M7 without batteries will be no more useful than the brick, and > costs a whole lot more.;-) > > B. D. ...seems like there is no free lunch with MORE technology. The more we have the dumber we become. sl > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html