Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:09 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, bdcolen wrote: >M6= 1954 camera with 1963 metering system >M7= 1954 camera with 1972 metering system I think you missed this one by a decade. The M7 is more like a 1982 metering system. I think the 1970's auto cameras still had the needle that moved up and down to display the shutter speed the auto meter selected. The M7 has caught up to the Canon AE-1 or Nikon FE/F3, with the exception of program more. Regards, Robert >:-) > >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of John >Collier >Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:06 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] M motor drive/winder/RabidWinder > > >If by "burst" you mean continuous, then the M-Motor will do about three >frames a second. I think the original poster used burst to imply five >frames a second or more. The M6 was not designed in the eighties. It is >a simple adaption of the M3. The M cameras were never designed with a >Motor/Winder in mind. They need an electronic connection between the >M/W and the body. As with all purely mechanical M/Ws (including Nikon) >you have to be careful when using the slow shutter speeds. > >John Collier > >On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > Isn't it embarrassing to see that a 30 year old Nikon and it's ancient > > > motor drive pushing an SLR with it's flip-flop mirror can do a burst > > of exposures; and a newly designed Leica Motor cannot? The Leica M-6 > > was designed looong after the Nikon F2 and it's motor drive was > > obsolete. > > > > Even the old clockwork MOOLY could do burst exposures. > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html