Ruhayat Posted May 20, 2012 Share #1 Â Posted May 20, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello, all. Wondering if someone can help me. Â I bought a second-hand Leica M7 this morning, and I just now realised that the ISO dial is not right. It's fitted upside down (or backwards) compared to photos I have come across on the Net. Have a look at the attached photo. Â Any idea what happened and whether it will affect anything? I asked the seller and he said it was like that when he bought it, and the camera works fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Hi Ruhayat, Take a look here Why is this ISO dial the wrong way around?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bill Posted May 20, 2012 Share #2 Â Posted May 20, 2012 It's absolutely normal... Â Regards, Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted May 20, 2012 Share #3 Â Posted May 20, 2012 My guess would be that the photographs you found on the net are backwards, or that Leica changed the dial at some point in the M7's development. Early MP's have an M6 dial for instance. But it is so long ago when I had an M7 that I can't remember what the dial looks like anyway. Â Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruhayat Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share #4 Â Posted May 20, 2012 Bill is right... it's working as per normal. I didn't realise there is an inner wheel, which you use to set the ISO manually or use DX. Duh. That's what happens when you buy cameras without the manual. Â In my defense: you have to push the inner wheel to rotate it the same way as on my M6TTL, but this one is rather tight and didn't budge when I tried turning it a few times earlier. But still... duhhhh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 20, 2012 Share #5 Â Posted May 20, 2012 The outer dial, with the lock button, is the EV compensation dial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruhayat Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share #6 Â Posted May 21, 2012 Yes. The outer wheel turns easily when the button is depressed, though. But now that I have discovered it can actually turn, I'm happy with the tighter inner wheel - so far I don't have a problem with the inner wheel turning accidentally in my bag, which is apparently a rather common problem discussed around the Net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 21, 2012 Share #7 Â Posted May 21, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not a problem - I can see why you thought it. I'd be more worried that the PC connector plug is crooked... Â Regards, Â Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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