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earleygallery · 12/29/06, 10:50 PM

Well I don't even have an M but if I were buying new I'd be torn between them. I like AE and William Lamb has both but says the metering is more accurate on the M7 because of the stepless shutter speeds, although he much prefers the M5.

The MP would appeal to me for the same reasons I love my lllf, fully mechanical hand built perfection. OK it has the built in meter but they rarely fail and even if it did it doesn't affect the rest of the camera. 50 years from now it will still function perfectly which may - may - not be the case with the M7.

I also love my R3. I've had it from new and its been totally reliable. But if it should fail on me its unlikely that its going to be possible to fix it (if the problem is to do with the electronics).

Day to day shooting the M7 would be very convenient, but if I could only afford one it would be the MP. I think...........

12/29/06, 10:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
earleygallery Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 06/29/06 Posts: 2,894	Re: M7 or MP? I'm interested in the opinions of users of both. Well I don't even have an M but if I were buying new I'd be torn between them. I like AE and William Lamb has both but says the metering is more accurate on the M7 because of the stepless shutter speeds, although he much prefers the M5. The MP would appeal to me for the same reasons I love my lllf, fully mechanical hand built perfection. OK it has the built in meter but they rarely fail and even if it did it doesn't affect the rest of the camera. 50 years from now it will still function perfectly which may - may - not be the case with the M7. I also love my R3. I've had it from new and its been totally reliable. But if it should fail on me its unlikely that its going to be possible to fix it (if the problem is to do with the electronics). Day to day shooting the M7 would be very convenient, but if I could only afford one it would be the MP. I think........... __________________ Regards, James www.earleygallery.com Last edited by earleygallery : 12/29/06 at 10:52 PM.