Leica M7

[Annibale G.]

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Hi,

I've just taken the Leica M7 I've ordered about 50 days ago , a new one .

I've got two question for you, because I'm new of the Leica M camera , infact since now I've used only a Nikon F100.

Is it normal that i feel everyhing strong and hard to move ? like rewind crank, shutter release button, focusing ring... and so on

Second question : What is or what is for the red dot at the bottom of the line of figures in the viewfinder? ( the one in the top is used as confirmation as exposure memory lock in A mode, but the one in the bottom?)

Thanks for helping me.

Annibale

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[doubice]

Annibale,

 

I am not sure what you mean by ..."everyhing strong and hard to move"... . I have an inkling though, that what you are experiencing the difference between the feel of your Nikon and the Leica M7. Particularly the focusing action of the Leica lenses will feel more solid than that of the Nikon. Don't forget that autofocus lenses have very little if any lubricants and most do not use helicoids for lens extension. It is the well damped helicoid focusing action which makes the Leica lens feel "hard to move" compared to your Nikon.

 

An excellent parallel would be a person driving a Chevrolet getting behind the wheel of a BMW - all of a sudden everything will feel "strong and hard"....

 

As to the red dot in the finder - my M7 is home and I am in the office.... From what I recall it is an indication that your camera is set to DX coding, or that the manually set ISO does not correspond to the DX coding on the film canister. There were some problems with this feature on the M7 in the past.

 

I prefer to set my ISO manually and not rely on the DX coding.

 

All the best,

 

Jan

[wizard]

What is or what is for the red dot at the bottom of the line of figures in the viewfinder? ( the one in the top is used as confirmation as exposure memory lock in A mode, but the one in the bottom?)

 

The manual has it all There is a list in the manual explaining the situations in which the red dot will blink, e.g. if there is no film in the camera etc.

[Annibale G.]

Well, last night I tried again , I put a film in the camera to see what happened. That was the problem, the flashing dot at the bottom means there's no film inside but I haven't red anything about that in the manual. Could you help me to find where it is written ? in which pages? maybe I haven't seen other stuff.

Thanks awfully.

Annibale

[rob_x2004]

69, 80, 81, 91, 96-99. And yep, lots of stuff frees up with use.

[Annibale G.]

No, there ' s nothing written about that. I' ll check again later.

Bye

[timd.]

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How do you get along with your F100? I mean - so many buttons, so many lights...?

[Annibale G.]

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