Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]if you get a rapidgrip from Tom Abrahamson you can put some extra batteries in it. simon jessurun > Eric said: > Subject: [Leica] Re: MP vs. M7 > > In my mind, the main difference is that the M7 has AE and an > > electronically-controlled shutter, whereas the MP has neither. This means > > that the MP doesn't need a battery to take pictures. The M7 does. > > > > I recently experienced my M6TTL having temporary battery failure from the > > temperature. It was too cold for the battery to operate normally and/or > the > > battery was getting ready to die, anyway. I'm glad that my Leica is > > battery-optional.<<<<< > > But Eric don't you keep a spare battery in your bag or pocket for all > battery using or operated cameras you use? > > I can never understand why a "battery" using M7 isn't as good as any other > Leica because of a battery making it work. Besides there are a couple of > mechanical shutter speeds in a moment of panic if caught with a powered down > battery. > > And if the user is a properly prepared photographer-user he or she will have > a battery in pocket or bag for immediate replacement as quick as a new roll > of film. > > And as far as battery or no battery and a Leica not being able to work in > the cold that's not much of a problem with a spare or knowing how to keep > the camera as warm as possible while not shooting. And that's inside your > parka or jacket until the moment of making an exposure. Pull it out, shoot > and return! > > I've had all mechanical M4's stop "cold" in the arctic and even on the > western plains at minus 40 even while attempting to keep them inside my > jacket, but when a situation is happening that you don't have any choice but > to keep shooting and they're in your hands or hanging off your neck going > back and forth in use they eventually freeze in your face. > > So each time I see a post of battery concern about an M7 operating or not, I > immdiately do a mental check re "spare battery? " I smile cause I know > exactly where they are. ;-) And I use 3 M7's and have two spares for each! > :-) No only that my good fortune is I've never had a battery problem of any > fashion. :-) > > Comes from my days of learning as a Boy Scout... "Be Prepared!" ;-) > > ted > > Doctors' Work. > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > > -- > 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