Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yesterday I wandered down to the camera store to pick up some film (remember that stuff?). On my way out I had the opportunity to fondle a black paint MP .72. I'm really impressed. The first thing that struck me was the weight. It felt like my M2 with the DR mounted, although this MP had a black paint 35 Cron. The body had nice and crisp contours. The shutter release, film advance etc. felt and sounded just like my M2. They even added the "auf-zu" engraving back on the baseplate. I'm not a big fan of the small shutter speed dial, but on the MP it turned very smoothly and with a reasonable amount of resistance. I may be able to learn to live with it. I cold definitely see an improvement in the finder. More contrast and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get the patch to flare, although I wonder if the framelines could be swapped for those of an M2. The paint itself looks great. Being new it was fairly glossy and every fingerprint showed up, but if I had one I would simply follow Ted's advice and toss the thing in a clothes dryer with a handful of pennies and that would solve that. The red markings are the wrong color. The red is a shade warmer than the color used on older Ms, where it is more orange. I also wish they had put the Leica logo on the top plate in the right place. It looks a little weird where it is, but at least it's back. Anyhow, it's one hell of a nice camera. I mean a really nice camera. Did I mention how nice this camera is? Damn Leica pushers... Feli >On Sunday, Aug 31, 2003, at 05:16 US/Pacific, Seth Rosner wrote: > From the descriptions I've read - and heard - of the new Leica MP, one > could > conclude that Leica AG has gotten religion and realized that there > remains > in the world a small cadre of people who do care about quality, will > search > it out and pay a premium for it. > > A independent Leica person well-known to this list has detailed how, > up to > and including the M5, every change Leitz made on an existing model was > made > to increase quality, reliability, strength and longevity, while since > then > changes to existing models have been made to save money. > > Reports are that Leica looked at the M6, took it apart, examined each > part > and determined to make it the best possible. If that is true, it is > rare in > today's world, perhaps unique. > > Gott sei danke. > Gott sei dank. > Seth LaK 9 _______________________________________________________ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin feli2@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html