Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:54 PM 1/19/2000 EST, FIGLIO4CAP@aol.com wrote: >I have heard the same thing and that the M5 was the last of the crafts >tradition at Leica. > Really, no. The old craftsmen pretty much all had retired by 1970. Some of the older techniques (adjusting with hammers) lingered on for a while, but I suspect it is fairer to see the M5 as the first of the new Leicas rather than the last of the old. A fine camera, either way, of course. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!