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Subject: [Leica] M5 digression
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Tue Sep 21 08:54:44 2004

It's all a matter of taste; I consider the M5 the best of the Ms ..

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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Afterswift@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:57 AM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] M5 digression



In a message dated 9/21/04 6:37:48 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org
writes:

<<  That one time they ever so
slightly changed the design of the M - as in growing it ever so slightly
in order to produce the world's first rangefinder with TTL metering? It
was called the M5, and it sank faster than a hamster off a Nantucket
dock because the Leica fanboy base was appalled by the very idea of ever
so slightly changing the design of the M... >>
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BD,

The M5 was bought by successful doctors I knew. It was bulky, clumsy,
seemed 
regressive in some ways. I jumped for the Leica CL and I use it almost 
constantly. I did get accustomed to the vertical lugs that hold the neck
strap. [I 
wish Leica Solms would make a lens shade for my 40mm CL lens.] Frankly,
I don't 
think the digital M is being totally designed in-house. Maybe Panasonic
has a 
hand in it. We might need to buy special lenses to get the best
performance, 
altho it will probably take our M lenses. I'd gladly forego the 10+MP if
a 6MP 
sensor would permit optimal use of our current M lenses. The D70 flies
with a 
6MP array. It's very fast.
It uses the APS sensor size, which seems to be the standard before the
35mm 
digital breakthrough. 

Bob  

 

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