Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thibault wrote: >How do you meter with the M4s? > >At 23:19 16/02/1999 -0800, you wrote: >>This adoration of the M5 escapes me. I bought one when it came out, and >>kept it for about 5 years. The pictures I took were about as good as the >>ones I got from my M4's, and I did appreciate the meter and the shutter >>speeds in the finder. Things I did _not_ appreciate were the bottom rewind >>crank, both strap lugs at one end (fixed later of course), the loose >>feeling shutter dial, the noticeably larger and less comfortable shape, the >>lack of 1sec on the dial, and most of all, the clatter of the semaphore, >>which also influences the wind feel. In fact 'feel' is the downfall of the >>M5, unless you just don't like the feel of the traditional M body. I found >>eventually that I was using my M4's more and more, and so sold the M5 and >>got some M4-2's (sometimes you just can't get ahead :-)). >> >>I now use M6's and M4's, and find that although the overall quality of the >>M6 is maybe not quite up to the M4's, at least it feels as good, the meter >>responds promptly at all light levels, and I know why the M6 sold a lot >>better than the M5. With my mind in proper gear rather than connected in freewheeling mode to my typing fingers, with a Sekonic 308 or somesuch. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com