
Leica M5 are there any battery or mechanical issues?
May 23, 2005 · Had the M5 put into production five years earlier and got rid of the teething troubles faster enough, the history of Leica had probably been entirely different. Anyway, it is a mighty fine camera, provided you can find one combining a fair price and a …
Leica M5 Light Meter Operation - Photo.net
Jul 3, 2009 · <p>The M5 meter can be re calibrated,batteries are not hard to find,and the M5 can be reset to use modern batteries,and the viewfinder isn't that dim,compared to an MP. But the MP is a better camera than the M5,so why sell a perfectly good one and replace it with an M5? You can get an MP with the new style rewind from Leica a la carte.
PX625, Best Mercury Battery Substitute Solution For Use In Leica M5
Jun 22, 2012 · Sherry ticked off several other options for powering up the Leica M5 meter, all seeming to suffer some disadvantage when compared to the original PX625, Leica recommended battery. Sherry said she could, "re-calabrate", my M5 meters to use some other button cell battery, but I forgot which one she was talking about.</p>
Leica M5 Meter "sometimes hangs" - Photo.net
Apr 22, 2004 · Congratulations on the purchase of the M5. Sherry's address is 118 Purgatory Road, Campbell Hall N.Y. 10916 I have had two M5's serviced by Sherry. She's without peer. I live in Australia. Despite the shipping cost I would consider no one else to service my Leica's. Best regrds, Tony Salce
Leica M5 or M6? - Leica and Rangefinders - Photo.net
May 8, 2011 · The M5 was the last Leica camera produced by Leitz. Very well constructed, much brighter viewfinder and, unlike M6, no plastic interior parts prone to wear. For me match needle is much easier and faster than fiddlely matching diodes. My wife bought an M5 the week camera was put on the market and it is her favorite camera.
M5 Battery/meter calibration - Leica and Rangefinders - Photo.net
May 24, 2006 · I own a beautyful Leica M5. The power source that i use it's a silver oxyde 1,5 volt, insert in an MR-9 adapter, that i have bought at www.thesmallbatterycompany.co.uk in London. The MR-9 adapter, made by Kanto in Japan, have a built in micro electronical circuit, that reduce automatically the 1,5 voltage of the silver oxyde battery to the 1,35 ...
Leica M5: Merits and Demerits - Photo.net
Jun 18, 2012 · According to Sherry, the Leica M5 was the last camera assembled this way in Wetzlar, or anywhere on earth.</p> <p>So, my two new Leica M5s, one black chrome and one silver chrome will be on their way to Golden Touch by the end of the day where Sherry will breath new life into them.</p> <p>A tip from Sherry Krauter.
Leica M5 Collapsible lenses? - Leica and Rangefinders - Photo.net
Sep 10, 2010 · One Leica handbook suggested putting Dymo tape around the rear part of the collapsing cylinder, to prevent it from collapsing far enough to hit the meter. I did this with the 50mm f2.8 Elmar, but used electrician's black plastic tape, cut to about a half inch width and wrapped around two or three times, to provide a sufficiently thick ring.
Using an M5 with a 28mm lens - Leica and Rangefinders - Photo.net
Oct 17, 2010 · Does someone here use a Leica M5 (two-lug version) with a 28mm lens and NO finder? Am I correct in believing. that the entire viewfinder showing the 90mm framelines, also reflects the FOV of the 28mm? The manual suggests so. In page 10, it says that with 28mm lenses, the framelines for the 90mm lens show the. metering area.
M5 2 lug versus 3 lug. Which is more valuable? - Leica and …
Jul 13, 2003 · The Leica M5 started out as a vertical hanging 2 lug camera, but although . comfortable and an innovated design at the time, like the camera size, it was hard for . Leica people to get used to. Also difficult to 'stack' cameras on your chest. So they . added the 3rd lug model after awhile.