M5 Show and Tell

[Joop van Heijgen]

It's very simple here: anything bigger than my SLRs (OM[14]) is too big for an RF 🙂 No Leicameter, Rapidwinder or Noctilux here either.

Indeed, the M3,M2, M4, M6, MP have the perfect format!

(OM= Olympus M)🙂

 

[visiondr]

The P51 is a sleek machine. Sleek is hardly a word which comes to mind when I think of M bodies, with the exception, of course, of the the M5. The other Ms would be, I dunno, a Fairy Swordfish?

D,

I'm kinda partial to the P38 myself. Call me a contrarian... go ahead, just try me.

 

[JNewell]

Indeed, the M3,M2, M4, M6, MP have the perfect format!

I am an M5 booster and defender. I am also a former owner and current step-parent of an M5, but I could not warm up to it.

Everything Stephen Gandy says about the M5 is true...but as Joop says, there is something about the M2/M3/M4/M6 (not TTL) physical form that is (to me) perfect. I don't know whether that's because an M3 was my first real camera and I've used them for 35 years or whether it's because the designers hit some perfect natural dimensions...either way, I agree.

 

[sepiareverb]

I don't know Darren, Ron's P-38 is pretty darn cool.

 

[J J Kapsberger]

I included a photo of a P51 because it's the only WWII aircraft I've taken a shot of. I like the P38 and wouldn't want to disparage it. And I wouldn't want to pour cold water on Ron's gloating (bless his heart). But if I were to be drawn into a pissing contest, I'd show up with the one on the left or the one of the right.

 

[RayPA]

I was gonna suggest that someone post a pic of an M3 to cleanse the palate, but pics of WWII warbirds do the trick just fine. 😀 Nice shots! The P51 is really the beauty of the bunch.

I included a photo of a P51 because it's the only WWII aircraft I've taken a shot of. I like the P38 and wouldn't want to disparage it. And I wouldn't want to pour cold water on Ron's gloating (bless his heart). But if I were to be drawn into a pissing contest, I'd show up with the one on the left or the one of the right.

Can't figure the one on the left, but the other is a P47 Thuderbolt?

edit: Corsair?


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[rxmd]

It's very simple here: anything bigger than my SLRs (OM[14]) is too big for an RF 🙂 No Leicameter, Rapidwinder or Noctilux here either.

Well if your Canon P plus grip plus Nikkor 105/f2.5 isn't too big:

...Then a M5 shouldn't be either 😉

Philipp

 

[sepiareverb]

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How do they stay up in the air without the propellors moving? I thought that thing had to be spinning for the plane to fly?

 

[RayPA]

Well if your Canon P plus grip plus Nikkor 105/f2.5 isn't too big:

...Then a M5 shouldn't be either 😉

Philipp

Finally the lookers are coming to the party! Canon P, now that's a pretty camera!



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[kevin m]

The Canons are pretty, aren't they?

 

[rxmd]

Pretty. And big.

 

[kevin m]

Pretty. And big.

Huh? Compared to what? 😕

 

[visiondr]

I included a photo of a P51 because it's the only WWII aircraft I've taken a shot of. I like the P38 and wouldn't want to disparage it. And I wouldn't want to pour cold water on Ron's gloating (bless his heart). But if I were to be drawn into a pissing contest, I'd show up with the one on the left or the one of the right.

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Yup, point taken. That Thunderbolt was a kick @$$ fighter; tough as nails, fast and with more than enough firepower. The Corsair; a bit flimsy, but tres grand vitesse!

 

[J J Kapsberger]

Can't figure the one on the left, but the other is a P47 Thuderbolt?

edit: Corsair?

You are correct, my friend.

 

[rxmd]

Huh? Compared to what? 😕

Compared to what people compare M5s to when they say how unacceptably big the M5 is. The P is almost as wide as the M5 (I think there's 5mm or so missing). And don't get me started on the lens 😉

Philipp

 

[KoNickon]

Corsair, flimsy? Not hardly. Of the three, the Mustang is the one that would be a goner if a stray bullet hit the radiator.

I just got a Canon 7 -- I want to compare its dimensions to the M5. I'm betting they're very close.

 

[visiondr]

Corsair, flimsy? Not hardly. Of the three, the Mustang is the one that would be a goner if a stray bullet hit the radiator.

I just got a Canon 7 -- I want to compare its dimensions to the M5. I'm betting they're very close.

Good point. Those Pratt and Whitney radial engines are tough as nails and no radiator needed.

 

[KoNickon]

And what can I say? Pratt & Whitney is in the next town from where I grew up and from where I now live. Seems like half my classmates' fathers worked there.

 

[Bingley]

I just got a Canon 7 -- I want to compare its dimensions to the M5. I'm betting they're very close.

As a Canon 7 owner, I'd be interested in what you find. I've wondered how the dimensions of the 7 compare to the dimensions of various M camera bodies (I know the 7 is heavier).

 

[venchka]

M5 vs. Canon 7:

As I said earlier in this or the other M5 thread, the height & depth of the M5 and Canon VI-T are equal. The M5 is maybe a 1/4" longer. Without the trigger winder, the VI-T would be about 1/4" shorter. Just guessing, but the Canon 7 and M5 are probably very similar in size.