Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bought mine new from a dying dealer back in '95 for $500. Works great weaknesses of the breed, the notched take up spool things (inherited from Minolta) tend to break off. Also the depth of field preview lever was broken (off) on a couple examples I have seen. Mine is fine,,,just weak spots nopticed on tohers Mark - -----Original Message----- From: Roger J. Hart <servant@sunset.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 9:09 AM Subject: [Leica] leica R-5 >Hello, leica enthusiasts! : ) > >I just bought a leica R-5 from a ebay auction, and had some questions: > >1.) What are the strengths/weaknesses, etc. that I should know about? > >2.) What technical resources on the net are there for leica photographic >equipment? > >3.) Any care and feeding instructions beyond the basics? > >4.) Any interesting information about the R-5 you'd like to share? > >Thanks in advance for any and all information and comments... : ) > >Roger... >