Francisco, Congrats on the find! If your M5 needs any meter repair or tuning, there is no one better than Sherry K. to do the work. She adores the M5 and she does bring them back to full bloom. For everyday light, it is worth the money to have that meter repaired and re-calibrated for 1,5 volt batteries.
With so much bragging from the M5 owners here, I thought I'd give it a try...
Now, the camera has never been altered (or so says the seller). This means it may need 1.35 V batteries. Do Wein cells do the trick? I know they're short lived, but then, the meter is apparently dying... if not dead already.
Let me know. Thanks for the welcome into the M5 Club! 😉
The Wein cells last a long time. I can't remember the last time i changed it out. I have had a dud before but, I guess that can happen! Great camera. Probably one of the top metered Leica's if you ask me. Good luck.🙂 I think they all need a match needle meter.😀
My newly acquired M5 will be here tomorrow... sometime. I already contacted Sherry and the project is to keep the camera for a week, then send it to her and let her work her magic on it.
Of course, as she says, she wants to talk to me before doing anything. Good that estimates are free!
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