Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have found another M5 for sale (about 750 USD), I'll check it on Tuesday... Tarek - --------------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara http://www.orients-unis.net le 10.11.2000 16:27, M.E.Berube à MEB@goodphotos.com a écrit : > Sorry....dyslexia kicked in from over exposure to excessive political > punditry..... > > Should have been "over 127XXX" (not 271XXX.) > Your 137XXX should be fine ...mine is a 136XXX and is functionally flawless. > Also not a hard and fast rule as Sherry says that many of the earlier ones > that were prone to breakage have been fixed (or parted out) by now or > didn't break in the first place. > > Michael > > At 11:18 AM 11/10/00 +0100, Tarek Charara wrote: >> le 09.11.2000 22:31, M.E.Berube à MEB@goodphotos.com a écrit : >> >>>> Reliable? >>> >>> Over #271XXX or so they get more reliable. The earlier than 271XXX bodies >>> reportedly had problems with some roller that could be costly to fix. >>> (According to Sherry K Leica M5 goddess extraordinaire.) >> >> Hello, >> >> I just checked the M5 serial numbers and from what I understand they go from >> 1287001 to 1384000. Is there something I'm missing? The M5 I'm looking at >> has #1376573... So that's probably a good sign. >> >> Tarek >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Tarek Charara >> http://www.orients-unis.net >