Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Frank. What got me confused was a picture of the M5 with its meter arm showing (without a lens). The person taking the picture must have had an LTM adaptor or some other means of activating it. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of FRANK DERNIE Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 4:23 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] M5 meter question The M5 has a delightful mechanism which collapses the meter arm as the lens is removed, to prevent it being damaged. The cheaper CL does not have this mechanism. Held in the right light one can see the meter through the fitted lens with open aperture, or, if you have a screw adaptor, mounting the adaptor alone on the camera and advancing the shutter will make it visible. The arm obviously retracts as the shutter button is pressed. Frank --- Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> wrote: > I just got my M5 back from DAG. I have a rather > important question. Does > it not have a CL-like meter, with a CdS cell on the > end of a stick that > projects out behind the lens? I removed the lens and > have been > performing every variation of fiddling with the > advance lever and all > else, and I see no sign of a CdS cell behind the > lens. How can you made > that thing appear? > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information