Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yup, the MP is a heart-breaker all right. when my ship comes in, the chrome 0.85 has my name all over it. i've always liked the small shutter dial--you twist it, rather than use only the front edge, and it stays where you set it. - -rei On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 09:15:48AM -0700, Feli di Giorgio wrote: > 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 - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html