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The Zeiss Ikon's viewfinder is 5mm further away from the lens, so there is much less finder cutoff with the and than on the M7.

The Zeiss Ikon has a clearer finder than the Leica M7. The M7's finder is often littered with finder lines for other lenses, while the finder of the Zeiss Ikon usually shows only the lines you need. The Zeiss finder tells you what lines correlate to which lens, while you have to guess with the Leica.

Both the Zeiss and Leica M7 have TTL metering for regular exposures, and both have metered manual modes.

The only tangible things at which the Leica M7 beats the Zeiss Ikon are long exposure times, extreme low-light metering and TTL flash. The Zeiss may not have TTL flash, but it does have a 1/125 which actually lets you use flash compared to Leica's silly 1/50 sync. The Zeiss stops at 8 seconds, which is more than enough for most people, while the M7 goes to 38 seconds in Auto, and clocks bulb exposures with an LED timer out to 16 minutes.

The costs over three times as much, weighs over 30% more and takes twice as many tougher-to-find batteries, but the Leica does feel nicer to play with. The Leica M7 and might be more likely to have parts available 50 years from today, but for actual photography, the Zeiss Ikon is a better camera.

For actual photography, I find plenty of advantages to the Zeiss over the Leica.

Here's 99% of my review: The Zeiss Ikon works and feels better than a Leica M7 for actual shooting, while the Leica M7 feels better for holding in your hand and showing around to your friends. They both do the same thing.

The Zeiss Ikon is a replacement for the , both of which are manual-focus electronic 35mm cameras.

The Zeiss Ikon is a wonderfully easy-to-use camera. Its English user's manual is only 24 pages, and if you already know how to load and shoot any other film camera, you can skip it.

The Zeiss Ikon is a Leica M-mount rangefinder camera that is much nicer than I expected. It uses every made for the M cameras since 1954, as well as and lenses made for Leica.

        

                  

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Weaknesses: No 135mm frame lines. On/off switch can trick you into missing shots, so leave it ON all the time. Louder, clankier shutter than Leica.

Strengths: Replacement for the with a better viewfinder, better dependability, faster film loading, better meter and better ergonomics.

June 2009            

Zeiss Ikon in silver (modern) and Leica collapsible 5cm f/2 Summicron (1954). (16.790oz/476.0g with film and batteries but no lens.) . I'd get it at (all ) and Amazon in or . It helps me keep adding to this site when you get yours through these links, thanks! Ken.

                  

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