Leica M5 Users

[kajabbi]

You are correct Craig. I'm both ugly and old, having passed 50 years in the company of a Leica Camera. There is and, if humanly possible, will always be one or more within easy reach, day and night.

 

[oskar_b]

Ebenezer

As our top decks start to dull and the silver grey begins to show through, so it also is with our faithful old M5 companions as they age gracefully with us. Like us they are forever dependable faultlessly continuing to perform their tasks without any hint of fuss.

Funny how you never see a forum thread along the lines of…

“M5 film loading problems, help!â€, or

“Metering Problems with M5, help!â€

No, only threads about how the M5 is big, ugly and that it hangs the wrong way. And now, courtesy of Karen it has the wrong number. (BTW Karen I quite enjoyed your earilier post)

In a world full of really big very ugly SLRs and DSLRs it is a bit rich to call our sleek slender bodied M5s, ugly. And even a really badly dinged up M5 that has been totally abused for 30 years is positively handsome looking alongside a Voigtlander Bessa. (I mean one of those new things, not the real ones from the 1930s)

My answer to the original question is no, the M5 was my third Leica. After 2 M3s.

Craig

 

[kajabbi]

Craig,
My first was a IIIF, then came an M3DS(I still have it and use it with my visoflexes) then an M5. I tried an M6TTL and soon realized that the M5 was my true love. The M6 is long gone, the IIIF is still here as a reminder of the beginning(you always remember the first one). Now there is an M5 wherever I am, all of them used regularly. Thanks to Sherry they continue to be in fine condition. I'd be in tough shape without her.

 

[cameosis]

i snatched a leica m3 and a leica m5 from my father recently. the m5 is in better shape (cosmetically), but i like both to be honest.

since i’m a beginner (an absolute one, that is), i just started tracking down all kinds of info about leica and i began buying some basic equipment for the cameras to ensure that their condition won’t deteriorate any further.

and i study in marburg | lahn, which is only 30 km away from wetzlar and some 50-50 km away from solms (the company’s current headquarter).

cheers.