[Leica] observations about the "More than 1 Ms" thread

[wharting at verizon.net (bill harting)]

I have an M7 and an M3 but rarely carry more than one camera at a time. I
also have a IIIf, and using the 3.5 elmar, which is so difficult for me to
adjust, on the M7, solves a problem nicely -- just pick, oh, f12.5, and fire
away.

bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kit McChesney" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] observations about the "More than 1 Ms" thread


> I must protest a bit on the proportions of folks using M7 cameras relative
> to those using M6/M4/M3 in combination.
>
> Considering that the M7 has only been on the market for two years, and the
> M6 was on the market for 25, and the others on the market for many years
> prior to that, it makes sense that there would be more M6/M4/M3 cameras,
> together or in combination, in all those Leicalovers' bags than all those
> models and the M7, since not nearly as many M7 cameras have been produced
to
> date (especially when you consider that the rate of manufacture for the M7
> is not less than the rate for M6, about a dozen a day, if that many), so
> many fewer cameras are in circulation. Ahem.
>
> The M7 works very "similarly" to the M6. The only hugely significant
> difference between them is that you have an option of aperture-priority
> STEPLESS exposure metering "support" (I call the automatic exposure
setting
> "support" rather than "automatic," given that it really isn't the the same
> category as all the "automatic" cameras running here and there).
>
> I'd be thrilled to have an MP and an M7 in my bag, and they are as
radically
> different from one another as can be, given current selection. However,
the
> cobbler's children have no shoes, so that will have to wait!
>
> Kit
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kitmc=acmefoto.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+kitmc=acmefoto.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Richard
> F. Man
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 4:00 AM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] observations about the "More than 1 Ms" thread
>
> Of the people that mentioned which Ms they carry, I believe only two mix
M7
> with other Ms. This could just be that M6/M4/M3 sold outnumber the M7 by
> many many factors, or it could be that like Ted suggested last year, it is
> just much easier to go with all Ms that work "similarly."
>
> No one has mentioned using a Tri-Elmar for the situations where multiple
> lens choice is important. Probably different people have different
reasons,
> but I suspect the size and slow speed are turn-off for some people.
>
> Thanks for answering. Late last year I bought a used M6TTL and Noctilux to
> complement the M7. I sold the M6 a few months ago since I can use the cash
> more than I can use the camera then. Yesterday I just sold my Noctilux
> mainly because with the type of low light photos I do (costumers in
> horrible hotel lighting), a small amount of fill flash work better most of
> the time, and I still have my 35/1.4ASPH. I am somewhat itching to get
> another M7 since in the costuming shoots, a mix of 35 and 75/90 work very
> well. Then again, may be I should wait a couple months to get the Epsonina
> R-D1.
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> use richard@imagecraft.com)
>
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