Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>The M5 can be a wonderful user camera. Most important to have it serviced by >someone competent like DAG or Sherry. Remember, these cameras are all over 20 >years old now. I have had a problem with one of mine not retracting the meter >arm all the way during shutter release, causing a shadow on the neg. I've >also seen the opposite problem with the arm not rising into the proper >position. I had DAG modify my chrome M5 to include the M6 framelines. Along >with this, he cleaned the viewfinder as well. At Photokina, Guido commented >it was the brightest M5 finder he had ever seen. > >M5 works great with bigger lenses such as the 75 Summilux. This was one of >the reasons I had the M6 frames installed. Bigger lenses balance better on >the M5 than on the M6. Shutter speed info in finder a great feature too. >Using the meter is very intuitive. The 35/1.4 ASPH seems like it was made for >the M5. > >Biggest drawback? PX13/PX625 mercury batteries. > >Bill Rosauer > An earlier post spoke about being able to convert to Silver Oxide batteries. What is involved and who can perform the conversion? Mark Hammons