I've just come back from the 'Focus' exhibition in Birmingham and I've had the M7 in my hands... Very nice. It's exactly the same size as the M6 it weighs 10 grams more. It's not very much different at all, lots of people were going 'oooohhh' at it. I can't really say much more about it as I'm R series user, but it is very very nice. I did get the nice brouchure for it, almost a work of art in itself!

Also saw the new Digilux which is very cool. It has a big LCD screen on the back with a wonderful light shade device around it, much like a waist-level finder, direct prints straight into an Epson printer were quite stunning. Full A4 reproduction with no direct manipulation the print the nice Leica man showed me looked like a proper photo.

Also had a little play with the R8, didn't really like it mainly because I have small hands. Finally the nice Leica people gave my old 'Flex SL a once over and he declared it in very good health. I did go to the other stands but I won't bore you with that.

All in all I think you M fans will be reaching for the cheque book/credit card very soon... it almost won me over!

-- Philip Woodcock (phil@pushbar.demon.co.uk), February 25, 2002

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It's exactly the same size as the M6 it weighs 10 grams more. It's not very much different at all, lots of people were going 'oooohhh' at it.

I don't understand this. The M7 is almost exactly the same dimensions as the M6 TTL and people were oogling it???

All in all I think you M fans will be reaching for the cheque book/credit card very soon...

Well I guess that statement is true... M users have other sundries to spend on... like film.

;-)

-- John (ouroboros_2001@yahoo.com), February 25, 2002.

Just wash them afterwards.....8^)

-- Andy Piper (apidens@denver.infi.net), February 26, 2002.