Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bdcolen wrote: > I believe that what E. Leitz was unhappy with was not the M5, which was, > when all is said and done, one of the most advanced, useful, cameras > Leitz ever introduced. What Leitz was unhappy with was the reactionary > Leica buyers who didn't know what to make of the M5. Yes, it's bigger > than the M4 was - but not by very much. The real curse of the M5 was > that it had an internal meter - a very good one as a matter of fact - > and the all mechanical Leica aficionados just weren't ready for the > built-in meter at that point, nor were they ready for a "bigger" camera. > > Just MHO. ;-) > B. D. Just about everyone hated the 2-lug version, with the camera hanging vertically. By the time Leica got around to adding the third lug, the camera was dead in the water. The M5 is physically only a little bigger than the M4, but in one's hands it feels MUCH larger. I think the market rejection of the M5 was largely due to those two factors. When the M6 came around, the market embraced the internal meter so I really don't think that was much of an issue. Just MHO too. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html