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You can verify with a loupe, it's in metal. (I also thought it was plastic before…)

 

Here is a picture of the iso dial of my MP, where we can see that the central part is in metal (relative to the outer circle in plastic).

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The matt black does not show up too well in this artificial light - but the black chrome is the same as the M-Monochrom.

 

Can you post a picture that shows the back? Interested to see what the ISO dial looks like against the black body.

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Can you post a picture that shows the back? Interested to see what the ISO dial looks like against the black body.

 

I should really try to get some daylight pictures, but for now, here is one of the back.

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The B&W or Color reminder dots are a nice touch.

 

I must admit I didn't realise that was the purpose of having two dots. I subconsciously assumed that each pointer related to a different scale (e.g. ISO and DIN) but, of course, there is only one scale on the dial.:o

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.... and comparing with M7 :D ?

 

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taken with my iPhone

 

Which you prefer ? :)

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Henry

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Silver on black isn't the look I would have chose, it's certainly not the historical choice.

 

I do like the use of the long arc on the circle so you can easily set the of the intermediate speeds...instead of constricting the scale to just a half the space available, or less on older cameras. Going forward, I wonder if it's possible to update the design of the MP/M7 backs to include the same scale on the dial for setting the film speed.

 

For the M7 user, trying to use DX coded aperture priority +/- adjustments with your thumb at the bottom of the scale would probably be become super tricky if not impossible.

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For the M7 user, trying to use DX coded aperture priority +/- adjustments with your thumb at the bottom of the scale would probably be become super tricky if not impossible.

Bob, there is a "click" every time we turn , and just turn the wheel facing indications and feel this click.

I have no problem with that and the DX code * (which works very well and is never have any trouble on my 2 M7)

helps me a lot because I am a little distracted :)

I'm afraid with my new MA I will have to find a new reminder :D

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Henry

* PS: I often check the battery status and keep clean the electrical contacts of DX

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I suppose they would travel in the same direction, but the travel of your M7's DX clicks would be significantly smaller, would they not?

 

I only bring this up as I have difficulty setting the intermediate speeds on my M6. That font size is starting to give me issues heading full steam ahead toward 50.

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