63strat Posted January 1, 2014 Share #1 Â Posted January 1, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, after 8 months with my new MP, I've decided I need a camera with aperture priority, so am looking into a new M7. If anyone needs an 8-month old chrome spotless MP, let me know! Â I assume eBay is the only place to sell this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stevesurf Posted January 1, 2014 Share #2  Posted January 1, 2014 Well, after 8 months with my new MP, I've decided I need a camera with aperture priority, so am looking into a new M7. If anyone needs an 8-month old chrome spotless MP, let me know! I assume eBay is the only place to sell this?  I'm not sure where you are located, but if in the US, and if it is in that great condition, I would contact Mr Tony Rose at Popflash Photo. Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted January 1, 2014 Share #3 Â Posted January 1, 2014 I assume eBay is the only place to sell this? Â Why not also place an ad in the classifieds here (see Buy & Sell at the top of each page)? You then also support the forum which is a nice thing to do. Â Good luck with the sale Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmrider2 Posted January 1, 2014 Share #4 Â Posted January 1, 2014 Great classified section on rangefiner forum. There are a lot of Leica nuts there as well as here. And a great forum if you have never seen it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincoln_m Posted January 1, 2014 Share #5 Â Posted January 1, 2014 63strat, my advice is to keep the MP but get a good used M7 for half the new price. You will regret selling the MP. Have the MP for B&W and the M7 for slide film so you don't have to be so precise with exposure with B&W film in the MP and thus be able to concentrate on composition more. I've regretted all my Leica sales except when I sold M6TTL for M7 replacement and kept my MP. Best of luck , Lincoln Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
63strat Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share #6  Posted January 2, 2014 Why not also place an ad in the classifieds here (see Buy & Sell at the top of each page)? You then also support the forum which is a nice thing to do. Good luck with the sale Philip  Yes, will do, thx (for some reason I never saw that in all these years). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
63strat Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share #7  Posted January 2, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) 63strat, my advice is to keep the MP but get a good used M7 for half the new price. You will regret selling the MP. Have the MP for B&W and the M7 for slide film so you don't have to be so precise with exposure with B&W film in the MP and thus be able to concentrate on composition more.I've regretted all my Leica sales except when I sold M6TTL for M7 replacement and kept my MP. Best of luck , Lincoln  I hear you, and I won't rush into it. I bought it brand-new at Samy's, and it was not cheap. I've regretted sales on lots of things, so point well taken.  I did pick up a brand-new Nikon FM3a, and it was just such a pleasure using AP mode. I'm finding I'm reaching for it more than the MP, so we'll see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted January 2, 2014 Share #8  Posted January 2, 2014 i have an m6 and an m4 and generally i use the m4 for bw and m6 for color, just so i have the more precise metering ….. keep both if you can….. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted January 2, 2014 Share #9 Â Posted January 2, 2014 Perhaps heretical, but you might consider the Zeiss Ikon ZM as an alternative to an M7. I picked one up used, and use it more now than my film Ms for its better viewfinder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted January 2, 2014 Share #10  Posted January 2, 2014 63strat, my advice is to keep the MP but get a good used M7 for half the new price. You will regret selling the MP. Have the MP for B&W and the M7 for slide film so you don't have to be so precise with exposure with B&W film in the MP and thus be able to concentrate on composition more.I've regretted all my Leica sales except when I sold M6TTL for M7 replacement and kept my MP. Best of luck , Lincoln   ...+1, 63strat. Do *not* sell your MP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 2, 2014 Share #11 Â Posted January 2, 2014 Auto exposure is convenient of course but I wonder if you are perhaps relying on it too much, hence your preference to use the Nikon and want for an M7? Â What film do you normally use? Unless it's slide you have a fair amount of latitude to play with. It's not necessary to keep checking the exposure every shot, if the lighting conditions are the same (i.e. wandering around outside). Â Try reading up on Sunny 16 and give it a go. See how many shots you 'lose'. Â Not thinking about exposure will make you lazy and your photography will suffer for it. AE has it's uses, definitely, but maybe you should keep the MP to help 'push' you to think about exposure and light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
63strat Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share #12 Â Posted January 3, 2014 I agree with what you're saying, however, my film of choice this past year has been Provia 400 (now discontinued, but still available). Not a very forgiving film, you really have to get it right. I generally have no problem with Porta 400, my other choice, and I may have to stick with this and some others, as reversal film seems to be going the way of the dinosaurs. Â I don't mind having to adjust exposure, and this past year I haven't had very many errors, but in the case of the MP, the dial is extremely stiff, and that causes some issues as well. I don't like having to grip it between my thumb and index finger to move it. M6 dial is way easier. Â For the way I work, I think I'd just like the option for AE along with manual in the same camera, mainly for those situations where I just don't want to worry about it. So have been thinking about the M7... Â Good to get everyone's thought here. Such a great forum.Thx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun Posted January 3, 2014 Share #13 Â Posted January 3, 2014 Well, for what the opinion is worth, I never thought the AE function on the M7 all that well executed and as a consequence almost never used it. I always found it easier to pre-meter, set the aperture and speed and only change it when necessary. I got one or two pictures using theM7's AE function that I would otherwise have missed and these were invariably in situations where I saw a subject in deep shade or shadow away from where I had been photographing and simply switching to AE rather than re-metering delivered perfectly exposed pictures. But other than that, I found the half-step pressure point on the shutter release hard to find anreven harder to hold. Â The old Bessa by comparison had a better arrangement, I thought -- a button in the thumb position on the back of the camera (like the old Nikon F2. I think?). You meter with a dab on the shutter button and then hold that by depressing the button with your thumb. I found you could even hold it between shots if you used your right hand to wind on. Â What AE arrangement does the Ikon have? Anyone know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith (M) Posted January 3, 2014 Share #14 Â Posted January 3, 2014 Well, after 8 months with my new MP, I've decided I need a camera with aperture priority, so am looking into a new M7. If anyone needs an 8-month old chrome spotless MP, let me know! Â What is your usual/most frequent subject? I have both MP & M7 and tend to use the M7 for street-type of photography, because of its aperture priority function and the MP for more leisurely type of subjects (landscape etc) as well as a preference for its tactility and aesthetics. Horses for courses and all that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
63strat Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share #15 Â Posted January 3, 2014 Street mostly, but really all sorts of subject matter -- including my daughter, who is always in motion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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