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