Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello there, You will have a very tough time trying to fit a Visoflex 2 with prism to an M5; other than that, you have the same finder as M3 and M4 (the widest frame is 35mm) which is preferred by a lot of LU's to M6's 28mm finder. You have the shutter speed shown in the viewfinder, and you can modify it while metering using one finger, you have a spot meter, not a patch meter like M6 and the meter is analog. You also have a self timer, which M6 doesn't have room for. The camera is quite a bit heavier than M6 and you might have better results with slow handheld speeds. Other disadvantages are: meter is slower, and it will drain your battery if you leave the camera cocked, and you can not fit early wide angle lenses because of the semafore arm. Hope this helps Lucian Chis On Thu, 29 May 1997, Arnold Don Abravanel wrote: > Being that the M-5 is not common, I wonder if there are any lug's that have > and use this camera, and any special tricks or techniques in usage. I feel > left out not having an M6. > > Arnold > >