Leica M7 Brochure page 38

LEICA M7. The modern classic
Work more accurately
The legendary Leica cloth focal plane shut-
ter used on all analog M cameras has been
comprehensively revised for the M7 and
controls exposure times electronically with
almost no noise – indispensable when using
aperture priority. The most frequently
used shutter speeds – 1/60 second
and 1/125 second – even work without
a battery.
Creative flash
When used in conjunction with a specially
equipped flash unit, the M7 can trigger
the flash to coincide with the second
shutter curtain. The advantage of this is
that it gives a more natural image, for
example for very long exposures with a
fill-in flash. In addition to the standard
1/50 second flash sync speed, with
special Metz flash units the M7 can use
a flash synchronization speed of up to
1/1000 second.
Avoid bad exposures
On the LEICA M7, the film speed can either
be set manually or automatically (DX
coding). This rules out annoying bad ex-
posures caused by incorrect ISO settings.
For exposure compensation in aperture
priority mode, there is an override of
±2 f-stops.