What is under it?

[intinsifi]

What is under the red dot on the M7? What does it look like if you take it off?

 

[payasam]

The head of a screw, I believe, though I may be wrong.

 

[ocean7]

Don't know for the M7 but I removed the dot of my M6 once (carefull with the razor blade though, I managed to nick the black chrome down to the brass). Underneath the red dot there's an opening, in the shape of the triangle, through which you can adjust the rangefinder. The camera looked butt ugly with the dot removed, plus I am sure it would suck dust in. I was lucky enough to replace it with a LHSA black dot. I love it!

 

[intinsifi]

The head of a screw, I believe, though I may be wrong.

If it was that, I'd remove it, but I don't think it is for some reason or people would have removed it.

 

[Ken Ford]

Don't know for the M7 but I removed the dot of my M6 once (carefull with the razor blade though, I managed to nick the black chrome down to the brass). Underneath the red dot there's an opening, in the shape of the triangle, through which you can adjust the rangefinder. The camera looked butt ugly with the dot removed, plus I am sure it would suck dust in. I was lucky enough to replace it with a LHSA black dot. I love it!

I used a trick gleaned from the web - take a wooden toothpick and rotate the dot back and forth until the glue gives way. No marring!

 

[intinsifi]

what did you see under there though?

 

[yoyo22]

Under my dot on the M6TTL there's an ugly hole with an adjustment-screw inside. So the dot protects the inner of the rangefinder from dirt and dust.

 

[Pablito]

You need to be very careful. If you don't do it just right you'll release all the "Leica Glow" through that little hole.

 

[intinsifi]

So it doesn't look like a camera without engraving from the a la carte program?