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I was able to see a .58 M version at my local dealer the other day. I own a .72 M6 and mainly shoot with the 35/2. Since I wear glasses I have a hard time seeing al the frame lines.

I thought about switching out to the .58 version, but after seeing it in person didn't think the cost was selling my M6 at a loss just to get the .58.

If I were to buy a new M6/7 today I would go for the .58 if you shoot w/a and wear glasses.
 
I recently obtained a new M7 and have a question with respect to the rewinding of the film. Following the instruction manual while rewinding the film, I had difficulties leaving the film leader out so that I would be able to switch rolls in the middle as opposed to at the end of each roll. Is there anything I can do to leave the film leader out? Thanks.

Regards,
Ken
 
Go very slowly. When you get to the end of the reel you will feel the rewind knob suddenly get loose and you can hear the end of the film come out of the spool. Just a half turn from that point and you should be able to get the film out with the leader exposed.

Simon
 
> Is there anything I can do to leave the film leader out? Thanks. =================================================================

You have to learn to do it by feel. By one of those handy little film leader retrievers and use it with a couple of rolls of outdated film and practice rewinding. The practice will benefit you twice because you will also get the chance to learn how to use the film leader retiever.
 
I have a M6... but I'm thinking to buy a new M7
what do you think... (sorry for my english)

Cesare
 
Dear Ceasare:

Stick with your M6 unless you prefer to let a shutter-priority system determine your exposure. The M6 has all the basic requirements you will ever require in a rangefinder. Besides, you do not want to be limited by only two mechanical shutter speeds in the M7.
 
Can't agree with those recent comments. Firstly, it's an Aperture Priority system. Secondly, IT doesn't determine the exposure, YOU do. You can either follow the shutter/f-stop recommended by the camera, Or switch to full manual.

Besides, the way the M6 works IS a shutter priority system. You just turn knobs until the little arrow thingies go away. I'm still lost as to how that, somehow, is a more noble or valid manner of determining how much light hits your film.

The 7 just has BOTH capabilities. Had it been released twenty years ago, do you really think there'd be this much resentment over a little 'automation' today? And, it's really not 'automation.' On Auto, maybe you change the aperture ring to get 'proper' exposure. On Manual, maybe you change the aperture ring to get 'proper' exposure. Is this forum so ridiculous as to then require each photograph to be tagged with information regarding how exposure was achieved?

Thirdly, how can anyone else determine which or how many "basic requirements" one "will ever require in a rangefinder?" Sounds preachy to me. Shouldn't one speak solely for oneself and one's own needs/wants? It could just as easily be said that a non-metering camera would satisfy all the "basic requirements." But, apparently, y'all dig your 6's meter. Not a luxury, in most folks' minds. If you ask me, Ap Priority is pretty basic, too.

Thirdly, how often are you people really needing these mechanical only shutter speeds? Somehow it's easy enough to carry the ten rolls of film that are exposed on the most banal of subject matter, but it's too much to carry a spare set of batteries near the end of the power cycle.

It's frightening to read this tripe. I'm loathe to become "one of you." It's just a camera. If you really need to feel you're doing more with your so-called photography, by your logic, why not build your own box, and coat your own paper, and really get back to what "True Photography is All About?"

Apologies in advance. Sorry. This has been building, and mixed with my back pain....
 
Cesare,
I think the more relevant question to you should be: what does the 7 offer that you think you will need/like. Are the noted "shortcomings/faults" of the 7 going to be critical to your style of working?

Why do you think you need/want to change?
 
We could say that the M7 has now reached parity with the Contax G2 (except for auto focus), but that would be cruel.

The M7 is going to make taking pix faster by automating shutter speeds, that's all. You still set depth of field. Like has been said before here, it's the lenses that make most of the diff, and M6 or M7, the pix should look the same - Leica glass is so kewl...

If you collectors hadn't glommed onto the Leica M series as garage queens instead of stuff to take pix with I could even afford one.

Dana Curtis Kincaid www.pinnaclesys.com
 
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