Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Correction, the M3's widest frame is 50mm, not 35. The M2 has the 35. On Thu, 29 May 1997, Lucian Chis <chis@ENGR.ORST.EDU> wrote: > >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 >> >> >