dave lackey
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Intermediate shutter speeds are important to me. This is good information! Thanks!🙂
M7 Discontinued after 15 years
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Dralowid
Michael
The Leicaflex SL/SL2 MOT is ideal for anchoring small yachts in a strong wind.
leicapixie
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The M7 is really battery and circuit dependent.
No circuit, no camera.
My M6TTL now at similar risk as regards meter and flash..
The bigger problem is these days as "older" service folk retire and or pass on, there are almost no new hands and eyes.
I am retired Master watchmaker and this problem was apparent 20 years ago.
Average age of watchmakers close to 70 years old.
Leica need service and adjustments.
I liked the M7 but strangely SLR with same features were HATED!
My Asahi Pentax Mv-1, Canon AV-1, Nikon EM.
Yes they cost a fraction but work exactly same bar the viewfinder.
No circuit, no camera.
My M6TTL now at similar risk as regards meter and flash..
The bigger problem is these days as "older" service folk retire and or pass on, there are almost no new hands and eyes.
I am retired Master watchmaker and this problem was apparent 20 years ago.
Average age of watchmakers close to 70 years old.
Leica need service and adjustments.
I liked the M7 but strangely SLR with same features were HATED!
My Asahi Pentax Mv-1, Canon AV-1, Nikon EM.
Yes they cost a fraction but work exactly same bar the viewfinder.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
You are welcome. An advantage of the M5 over the M7 are the far more precise framelines.
Erik.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Dave says "shoot more and talk less (Lol!!!)"...
...in a few minutes I'll go out to a farm to buy a few eggs for dinner and I'll shoot a few frames...maybe with the M7...maybe with the Holga...
robert,
PS: I love both my Holga and my Leica...yes , I am a quiet photographer probably a little bit schizophr....😀
...in a few minutes I'll go out to a farm to buy a few eggs for dinner and I'll shoot a few frames...maybe with the M7...maybe with the Holga...
robert,
PS: I love both my Holga and my Leica...yes , I am a quiet photographer probably a little bit schizophr....😀
Huss
Veteran
People always claim this, and yet I know first hand that places like Precision Camera Works, Rollei Repairs, Walters Camera Repair - three places that I have used - have apprentices being trained.
giganova
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I won't miss the M7 because I was never tempted to buy one. But the fact that another film camera is gone is a loss for all who shoot film because it clearly shows that film photography is on its last leg.
Lets hope that the MP and M-A will be in production for a few more years.
Lets hope that the MP and M-A will be in production for a few more years.
Bill Clark
Veteran
I like the “all mechanical” Leica cameras.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
As would be the regular M6 and the MP. And many, many other cameras.
Huss
Veteran
Beautiful A La Carte for sale here
Beautiful A La Carte for sale here
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1546728
Not mine, but a heads up to anyone looking.
Only $2600!!
Beautiful A La Carte for sale here
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1546728
Not mine, but a heads up to anyone looking.
Only $2600!!
analoged
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annnnd... Sold!
finguanzo
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Only $2600 ?
who wants mine! 😉
who wants mine! 😉
TEZillman
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Having had a M7 for 14 years now, I have mixed feelings about it being "discontinued" (I read several years ago that Leica had made a last production run and would not make any more once they were sold). I can't see where I would want to buy another one and, since I have no intention to sell the one I have, the impact of it being discontinued on the market doesn't matter to me either. I will miss responding to people commenting on my "old camera" that they can still buy one just like it new.
Huss
Veteran
Is yours a custom a la carte like his was?
maitani
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glad I never sold my M7alc
Robert Lai
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Real message: Leica will be running out of circuit boards for the M7
Real message: Leica will be running out of circuit boards for the M7
The main problem is circuit board availability once the camera is discontinued. Leica already has no more circuit boards for the M6TTL. If you fry your circuit with a high voltage flash, then you've got an M-A without flash synch.
My M7 just came back from Leica in New Jersey.
An $800 lesson on why you should never try using a bulb flash with an electronic camera of any sort. I had to get new circuit boards (while they are still available).
Peak bulb currents before the filament burns out can be 1.5 Amperes or more. Foolish of me, really foolish.
Real message: Leica will be running out of circuit boards for the M7
The main problem is circuit board availability once the camera is discontinued. Leica already has no more circuit boards for the M6TTL. If you fry your circuit with a high voltage flash, then you've got an M-A without flash synch.
My M7 just came back from Leica in New Jersey.
An $800 lesson on why you should never try using a bulb flash with an electronic camera of any sort. I had to get new circuit boards (while they are still available).
Peak bulb currents before the filament burns out can be 1.5 Amperes or more. Foolish of me, really foolish.
Huss
Veteran
Is it possible to just order a circuit board, and keep it for a just in case scenario?
The only flashes I use with Leicas are the Leica branded ones. But the only Leica that I've used that gives excellent results with flash is the R9. M9 and M240 sucked. Depending on the age/charge level of the camera's battery (not the flash's battery), sometimes it did not sync, sometimes sync was off etc etc. I tried them with different Leica flashes.
The film rangefinders work ok, the R9 gives fantastic results - especially with fill in - using ROM lenses.
Anyway, digression over!
The only flashes I use with Leicas are the Leica branded ones. But the only Leica that I've used that gives excellent results with flash is the R9. M9 and M240 sucked. Depending on the age/charge level of the camera's battery (not the flash's battery), sometimes it did not sync, sometimes sync was off etc etc. I tried them with different Leica flashes.
The film rangefinders work ok, the R9 gives fantastic results - especially with fill in - using ROM lenses.
Anyway, digression over!
Robert Lai
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M7's TTL is very accurate, and it is the only film M Leica that offers High Speed Synch flash with shutter speeds from 1/250 to 1/1000. It always just works perfectly with my Metz flash. I sometimes use the Metz system to get a TTL controlled multiple flash unit setup.
I suppose you could call Dave Elwell and ask to purchase the circuit borads for the M7. They won't be cheap.
I suppose you could call Dave Elwell and ask to purchase the circuit borads for the M7. They won't be cheap.
Huss
Veteran
R9 syncs up to 1/8000 sec.
"With standard flash technology, the LEICA R9’sflash sync speed is 1/250s. Studio flash systems in particular often have flash burst durations that are considerably longer.
In order to take full advantage of the full light quantity provided by these flash units, slower shutter speeds, such as 1/180s or 1/125s are recommended.When used with SCA 3002 standard flash units that have an
HSS mode (High Speed Synchroni-sation) and the SCA 3502M3, the LEICA R9 also allows the use of all faster shutter speeds up to
1/8000s (see "High speed sync flash mode”, p.172)."
Robert Lai
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They seem to be all GONE!
B&H and Adorama are out of stock. What is left on Amazon has been jacked up to the M10 price level.
B&H and Adorama are out of stock. What is left on Amazon has been jacked up to the M10 price level.
