Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please look in your ,mirror to see un ugly pig and stop that irrational snobby nonsense about the perfect M5. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Howard" <mvhoward@mac.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 2:56 AM Subject: [Leica] The truth about the Leica M5 > B.D. Colen wrote: > > > What Leitz was unhappy with was the reactionary > > Leica buyers who didn't know what to make of the M5. Yes, it's bigger > > than the M4 was - but not by very much. The real curse of the M5 was > > that it had an internal meter - a very good one as a matter of fact - > > and the all mechanical Leica aficionados just weren't ready for the > > built-in meter at that point, nor were they ready for a "bigger" > > camera. > > You're missing the point, just as Leica did at the time. Leica > rangefinders are not rational choices. They are emotional choices. > The Leica M5 was, is, and always will be, an ugly pig, an aethetical > abomination. This is even more apparent because of the exquisite > beauty of the lines of the old LTM cameras and their updated cousins in > the M2, M3, and M4. I don't care how damn good the M5 is as a camera, > how great the meter is, or how insignificant the size increase is. The > fact remains: it's fugging uckly. > > It's as though Porsche had decided to build a five-door estate version > of the 911. > > These days, of course, Leica has got the point almost too well: they no > longer make cameras, only fashion accessories. Take a look at Stephen > Gandy's site at the list of "special edition" M6s. QED. > > (Then, of course, we have the Cayenne. Let's not mention that any > more.) > > M. > > -- > 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