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My m7. I love it.

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...open thread Since I did not see any thread "I love my (Leica) M7" I'll open one, if you agree.   My M7, I mean my 2 M7, make me great service and to thank this camera for services rendered, I st

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Wayne , you're right to buy the M7. "120 milliseconds between you press the shutter and shooting"

"the fastest camera in the world" as said Depardon

He is faster than my MP :) I never miss one picture with my M7.

I also keep my 2 digital M but I don't use them (as back up)

"flat" pictures and need always correction.

 

For the Xpro I ,  I compared with my M8 , here some results

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Doc+Henry/?g2_page=6

(Click in the middle right , up and right icon to enlarge)

 

I have no problem with my M7 bought new since 2 years

It seems that the series above 280,000 have no problem with the DX
(from what I read , I'll try to find the link).The series began at 270,000 (2002)
Congratulations for your M7 and good photos Wayne

I love this camera perhaps better than my MP , sure it's faster  :)

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Henry

PS: Wayne you remember our "scanner tests" thread in the last few years
Too bad that with the change of the website by Andreas, it is not reactivated

and the thread disappeared

You are welcome to our film thread too :D Ian (Watsy) is one of our nice contributors

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/205842-i-like-filmopen-thread/page-748

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LOL, sounds exactly like my scenario Wayne.

I too am a Fuji aficionado, having an old beat up X-E1 (for astro) and a nice X-T1. Once the X-Pro2 surfaced (I was an early adopter of the X-Pro1, loved it) I knew I was going to get one.

But I balked like you, realizing that in less than a year it would be about half the release price, such is digital.

So I found a nice M7 to compliment my M6, and have not been happier. I am in the process of selling the X-T1, if I can.

Good luck, enjoy.

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LOL, sounds exactly like my scenario Wayne.

I too am a Fuji aficionado, having an old beat up X-E1 (for astro) and a nice X-T1. Once the X-Pro2 surfaced (I was an early adopter of the X-Pro1, loved it) I knew I was going to get one.

But I balked like you, realizing that in less than a year it would be about half the release price, such is digital.

So I found a nice M7 to compliment my M6, and have not been happier. I am in the process of selling the X-T1, if I can.

Good luck, enjoy.

Gary

 

Not from a Fuji background, but just got a black mint M7. #294+ and didn't realise there was a yellow sticker on the box regarding the viewfinder.

 

It's a great camera. I came from the Zeiss Ikon ZM and am finding the metering on the M7 a bit more of a challenge but that's half the fun.

 

The half push exposure lock compensates for having a smaller metering area than the Ikon ZM in actual practical usage so not a huge issue.

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Not from a Fuji background, but just got a black mint M7. #294+ and didn't realise there was a yellow sticker on the box regarding the viewfinder.

 

It's a great camera. I came from the Zeiss Ikon ZM and am finding the metering on the M7 a bit more of a challenge but that's half the fun.

 

The half push exposure lock compensates for having a smaller metering area than the Ikon ZM in actual practical usage so not a huge issue.

RPW, your series number is above 280....?

Congrat. you will not regret :)

you

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Henry

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What's so special about serial numbers above 280...? Mine isn't. It's in the 279... Range.

 

I've had mine since 2008. I bought it as a backup to the M8. Big mistake, preferred the M7's full frame viewfinder. My M7 is the only M that has stayed with me all this time. Where as my digital M's get upgraded often....

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What's so special about serial numbers above 280...? Mine isn't. It's in the 279... Range.

 

I've had mine since 2008. I bought it as a backup to the M8. Big mistake, preferred the M7's full frame viewfinder. My M7 is the only M that has stayed with me all this time. Where as my digital M's get upgraded often....

Soden, from what I read, for automatic recognition of film we put in the camera

First M7 has an electrical contact, the latter is optically readable

 

Secondly there is also the viewfinder of MP who is on the M7

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Soden, from what I read, for automatic recognition of film we put in the camera

First M7 has an electrical contact, the latter is optically readable

 

Secondly there is also the viewfinder of MP who is on the M7

Henry

Yes, mine has electrical contacts, I hear that you can't use IR film in the optical version. The MP viewfinder is something I will have to look into. I do get quite a bit of flare.

 

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RPW, your series number is above 280....?

Congrat. you will not regret :)

you

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Yes #294+. Interestingly it has the upgraded viewfinder but has the old DX reader (not optical)

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Yes, mine has electrical contacts, I hear that you can't use IR film in the optical version. The MP viewfinder is something I will have to look into. I do get quite a bit of flare.

 

Thanks.

You are welcome  Soden :)

 

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reflections are reduced in a last series exactly after 2885xxx

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Henry

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I think the Leica M7  is perhaps the best Leica Rangefinder Leica ever made. I have had a Leica M4, M5, and the so highly thought of the Leica M6.  I still stand by my words the M7 is the best Rangefinder camera ever made.

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I think the Leica M7  is perhaps the best Leica Rangefinder Leica ever made. I have had a Leica M4, M5, and the so highly thought of the Leica M6.  I still stand by my words the M7 is the best Rangefinder camera ever made.

 

I love taking pictures of nature like bees

With my Leicaflex or my R4S and with the M7 I see the difference

The moment I see the bee arrived and I shoot , only a few milliseconds

bees change very rapidly place, not easy to take flight ...

with a tripod I find it easier than SLR and it is certainly less heavy with

the M Macro Elmar 90 versus R 90 Elmarit lens

 

Kodak Portra 160

(dev home Tetenal 30°C)

Macro Elmar 90

Macro Adapter

Tripod

picture uncropped an uncorrected

Nikon Coolscan 5000

Nikon software

 

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Precise, sharp and without fatigue :)

 

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Henry

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another picture

 

Same equipment and film

 

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I take the expressions of people like in this picture when I want ,

through the rangefinder (a characteristic of all M mechanical rangefinder)

extremely precise and easy without any fatigue :)  no need battery as for

new electronic viewfinder !

 

Street photos Vietnam

street vendor of hot corn

 

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M7-28 Summicron Asph

Fuji Superia

 

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Interestingly it has the upgraded viewfinder but has the old DX reader (not optical)

 

 

The optical DX reader upgrade came many years after the MP finder upgrade was introduced. The latter occurred only a year or so after the M7 was launched (I recall buying a new M7 in 2003 that most definitely had the MP VF 'upgrade') whereas the optical DX reader was something like 2008.

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I take the expressions of people like in this picture when I want ,

through the rangefinder (a characteristic of all M mechanical rangefinder)

extremely precise and easy without any fatigue :)  no need battery as for

new electronic viewfinder !

 

Street photos Vietnam

street vendor of hot corn

 

attachicon.gifImage5streetphotfujisuperiareallfht+++-950.jpg

 

M7-28 Summicron Asph

Fuji Superia

 

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Henry

 

What interests me is the expression of the people at a given moment

such as the three girls left , their anxious and concerned looks

Note in passing the definition of the film in the crop

 

Crop 70%

 

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The optical DX reader upgrade came many years after the MP finder upgrade was introduced. The latter occurred only a year or so after the M7 was launched (I recall buying a new M7 in 2003 that most definitely had the MP VF 'upgrade') whereas the optical DX reader was something like 2008.

 

Ian my M7 VF is MP and series number of my camera is 2886679

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Nice M7 Steve , congratulations :)  I also have a chrome.

The M8 made highly adventurer . I also have a black ,used as back up and color is like Kodak Portra

Logic the sensor comes from Kodak :)

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Henry

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