Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill If you have and use a M4-2, please don't get an M5. Go for the M6. You will not be happy with the M5. E. Leitz wasn't, so why should anyone else be? If you had never used any other Leica, the M5 would be acceptable. There is nothing actually wrong with it as a camera, but it is, to me, alien. Jerry Bill Campbell wrote: > Hello Fellow Luggers, > > I'd like to purchase a Leica with built in metering, or even aperture > priority, but I'm on a budget and really need to make a decision based on > the best value I can get based on the fact I'll be purchasing a used Leica. > > I'm currently looking at the M5 (used $900 - $1200), M6 .72 TTL (used $1000 > to $1600), or an M7 .72 (around $2000). My prices are app based on prices > I've seen here on the LUG and on different websites and I want the M6 TTL > version in case I should want to use flash. > > I'd *love* to buy a nice M7, but at 2x the price of a nice M5, is it worth > the additional cost? > > I know that I'm the one who will ultimately have to make the decision, I was > just hoping to get some feedback from someone on the list that might have > faced a similar decision. > > My current Leica equipment consists of a M4-2, 35 Summicron, and 50 > Summicron. > I also have a R3 with 50 Summicron. > > TIA to all who respond. > > Bill - Annapolis, Md. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html