Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison wrote: >Now to the observations...Why was this camera not well liked? It is >a fabulous shooter! It handles great, shutter speeds easily the >most accessible of any M. It is very quiet. Viewfinder not only >has a meter, but it also shows shutter speed! In an M! How >nice! Personally I like the way it feels also, not much larger than >the M6, and the film advance has a more crisp feel than my M6ttl, >more like my old classic M6. Frame lines are grteat, 35, 50, 90 and >a spot for the meter area. >How simple, just like my M6 .0.85ttl now that I had some lines removed. > >Anyway thanks in advance for the answers to my questions. Hi Harrison! As far as I know, the only reason the M5 was not liked was because it was "not the same" as an M2,M3,M4,M6,M7 or even (gasp!) the M8. It looked "different", in a "them or us" kind of way. Pity. Helluva fine camera! Cheers! --- David Young, Logan Lake, CANADA Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4