Re: Should I keep M5?/ Yes

["Arnold Don Abravanel" <arniea@loop.com>]

I love my M5. I use it with a 50 Summarit. I als use the self timer, and
that is one of the great features. I really do not feel that the M6,
metering is that much better.

Keeping mine, Arnold

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> From: Curt Miller <cmiller@berkshire.net>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: Should I keep M5?/ Yes
> Date: Thursday, November 06, 1997 7:35 PM
> 
> Marvin wrote:
> 
> > Matthew - go ahead and use your M5.  While it is slightly larger than a
> > standard "M" - if you like it ---use it as too many were made for it to
ever
> > become a rare collectors item  -- 23,150 black & 10,750 chrome.  Prices
> > are at an all time high for it now, for no special reason since it no
longer
> > is the only "M" with a meter.  However I do know of a chap that bought
2
> > new M5s; a black one to use & the chrome to put away for an investment.
> 
> > Now would be a good time to sell your M5 only if you wanted to replace
> > it with a M6.
> ...and why, in Heaven's name, would one want to do that?  As the ecstatic
> owner of one chrome and one black M5, I see no advantages over the M6
(and I
> own one of them also).
> 
> The M5 meter is far more selective than the M6 meter (and every bit as
> accurate and dependable).  The camera also has a self-timer and is
overall
> far more robust.  Construction seems far more in keeping with the quality
> and durability of the earlier Ms.
> 
> Curt
>