Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi guys My info says: Pentax MX introduced in 1976, had 5 LEDs all manual but for meter, green for correct, orange for +/- stop and red for 2+/- exoposure. The winder 2 fps & motor 5fps I wonder why if Pentax can have a 5fps motor, why not the Ms?? (specially after all these years??) When the M6 came out; I think Don Chatterton in Shutterbug back then asked why Leica not use Pentax's LED format. The Pentax ME auto exposure LEDs showed just speed. <paul> Hope I got the below correct! BD said: >At 12:09 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, bdcolen wrote: >>M6= 1954 camera with 1963 metering system >>M7= 1954 camera with 1972 metering system > Robert said: >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. - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.435 / Virus Database: 244 - Release Date: 12/30/02 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html