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Ted W · 01/01/07, 06:38 AM

The MP, while beautiful, has no advantage for me once I had DAG install the MP advance lever on my M7 (I have an easier time catching it with my thumb and I prefer its aesthetics as well). The "right-way" shutter-speed wheel, as some would call it, I feel is a design flaw; the counter-intuitiveness of it may cost a shot here and there. The fact it can operate without batteries is an overstated virtue as well, as the M7 has two speeds that don't require batteries and it's easy enough to have fresh batteries anyway as you would fresh film. The M7 can work in full manual as the MP, but manual mode is silly to me unless you are using a separate light-meter. That would be true manual mode. But using the built-in meter and then adjusting the shutter speed yourself is just adding a step, one more thing that has to be done before you can shoot. Not to mention the greater accuracy that the electronic shutter can bring to an exposure (even if it is only a third or half a stop or whatever it is). I lost many shots fiddling with that thing on my M6 before I got wise.

No contest for me. M7.

01/01/07, 06:38 AM	#15 (permalink)
Ted W Benutzer Join Date: 08/08/06 Posts: 30	Re: M7 or MP? I'm interested in the opinions of users of both. The MP, while beautiful, has no advantage for me once I had DAG install the MP advance lever on my M7 (I have an easier time catching it with my thumb and I prefer its aesthetics as well). The "right-way" shutter-speed wheel, as some would call it, I feel is a design flaw; the counter-intuitiveness of it may cost a shot here and there. The fact it can operate without batteries is an overstated virtue as well, as the M7 has two speeds that don't require batteries and it's easy enough to have fresh batteries anyway as you would fresh film. The M7 can work in full manual as the MP, but manual mode is silly to me unless you are using a separate light-meter. That would be true manual mode. But using the built-in meter and then adjusting the shutter speed yourself is just adding a step, one more thing that has to be done before you can shoot. Not to mention the greater accuracy that the electronic shutter can bring to an exposure (even if it is only a third or half a stop or whatever it is). I lost many shots fiddling with that thing on my M6 before I got wise. No contest for me. M7.