Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M5 Ebay
From: Steve Hickel <smhickel@x2.alliance.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 00:27:40 -0500

I have done some pricing research. It would appear that a market price
range on this camera could be from 1800-2500. Does this seem correct?

Steve

At 11:29 PM 12/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:23 PM 12/29/97 -0500, Steve Hickel wrote:
>>A leica M5 two-lug is up for auction on www.ebay.com, search leica. Does
>>anyone know what the distinction two-lug means?
>
>
>"Two-lug" probably means that it has strap lugs on one end of the camera
>only.  Early M5's had this arrangement, which meant that the camera hung
>from one end like a Canon Sureshot P&S.  It was unpopular, and so the later
>M5's have 'three lugs', two at one end and one at the other, to allow
>hanging horizontally or vertically.
>
>Marc
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>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
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