Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:10 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Shutter Speed Selector > Well, to some people it does mater, so let us answer Gary's question. > > All M series Leicas through what is known as the "M-6 Classic" have > shutter speed dials which go from one second to 1/1000 second by turning > the dial clockwise...that is, clockwise while looking down at the top of > the dial with the lens pointed out. In the M-6 TTL and the M-7, the > shutter speed dial was increased in size and the direction one turned > the dial was reversed so that one went from one second to 1/1000 second > by turning the dial anticlockwise. Now, stick with me here. With the > advent of the MP, Leica has gone back to the M-6 Classic and earlier > shutter speed dial size and configuration. > > Some...maybe even many...people think that the dial configuration on the > M-6 TTL and M-7 was an improvement because the dial then turned in the > direction indicated by the finder arrows to arrive at the correct > exposure. Some, maybe even many people...I included...do not feel that > this is important. Everyone must judge this matter for her or himself. > The same goes for having two bodies in which the shutter speed dials > turn in opposite directions, a factor upon which I cannot comment since > I have never owned any body more advanced than an M-6 Classic. > > Buzz Hausner Thank goodness I asked, I was thinking the change came with the M6 and was changed back on the MP. I almost had it right, but now I have to shell out extra bucks for a TTL unless I can figure out how to be shutter ambidextrous. Or would that be shutter synchronous? Asynchronous anyone? <after five minutes of a streadily increasing headache> Oww oww oww (moaning followed by the sensation of large animals tearing at my wallet)...OUCH DAMN why did I go down this road to photographic heaven/financial destruction anyway...it's just a box to control light, correct? I think I need a CL...but no wait, the frame lines are 40/50/90..how about friggin' Canon P. Anybody got a problem with that????? Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html