Show us your Leica M5

[Wulfthari]

She's not arrived yet:

I'm seriously thinking about getting a Nokton 1.1 or a Sonnar 1.5...still undecided if funds will allow the expense.

 

[Chrisrw]

You guys are making it real difficult to want to sell my M5.

 

[venchka]

Good! I sold an M5. Still wondering why I did that.

Wayne

 

[alphonse2501]

 

[Stuggi]

Here's mine with a Summicron DR 50mm. I'm currently considering renewing the leather, what do you guys think?

 

[Nokton48]

Here's mine with a Summicron DR 50mm. I'm currently considering renewing the leather, what do you guys think?

I put black Griptac on my M5 and I never regretted that decision.

 

[DHK]

You can do it yourself. Take the screw off the inside lock knob and the assembly comes apart. Make sure you keep track of which washer goes first.

Now that you have the latch-key in your hand, punch out the pin and just slightly bend it, so that it stays in place, and re-install it together.

Piece of cake.

I think the M5 works differently since the tripod mount is there.

 

[gb hill]

Anyone still shooting their M5? Beautiful cameras.

 

[Huss]

My M5 with a bunch of other lesser cameras. (The Agfa 1535 is kinda great though!)

 

[bayernfan]

an all-chrome lens on an all-black body looks so darn good.

 

[dourbalistar]

Anyone still shooting their M5? Beautiful cameras.

My first Leica M, and still my favorite and most used camera. Usually with a Canon 50mm f/1.4 LTM.


2017.04.08 Roll #100-00594-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

an all-chrome lens on an all-black body looks so darn good.

Previously with a Nikkor-H.C 5cm f/2 LTM.


2015-11-29 12.09.02 1 by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

This is mine.

I like the early M5 in chrome. It has the same levers for the selftimer and pre-view as the M4, more solid than the later ones that usually have lost their grip.

Erik.

 

[mynikonf2]

Would like to see a photo of the M5 next to a Nikon F or F2...

 

[colker]

All 35mm cameras should have their rewind cranks at the bottom. It frees the top from too much information.

 

[harvester]

Would like to see a photo of the M5 next to a Nikon F or F2...

length is pretty much identical.

led me to think that the dimensions of the F were taken as an example of 'just how far we can stretch this thing to shoehorn the metering in there'.
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2607796#post2607796

 

[ktmrider]

M5 and Nikon F, Two Great Film Cameras

M5 and Nikon F, Two Great Film Cameras

I discovered how great the Nikon F is to use this week after getting a Micro Nikkor from KEH. My film Leica is an M5 purchased from Sherry after she worked her magic on it. It was a black two lug but I had Sherry add a third lug and recover it. This is the first time I have seen this thread and coming this week while I am using the Nikon F seems like great luck. The Nikon F and Leica M5 seem almost identical in size and weight except for that big bump in the middle of the F.

And when I say I discovered how great the Nikon F is to use, perhaps I should say rediscovered as I used a couple for five years back in the 1970's when I was a newspaper photographer. My current F is a plain prism model and the previous lens I had on it seemed to be a bit fuzzy but I was wondering if it was my eyesight at 66. The Micro Nikkor showed it was not my eyesight.

And after using all the Leica M's, the M5 is the best shooter but small it is not. But not as big an a Nikon F with motor and 180f2.8 or 500f8 attached which was a standard for sports. And I have a 3F coming for when I want small (first LTM).

 

[harvester]

re weight :

F2 ( body with DP1 finder ) = 870 g
M5 ( body ) = 700 g

both were probably loaded with film when weighed 🙂


AP

 

[BLKRCAT]

My M5 with a bunch of other lesser cameras.

Huss you like BIG cameras eh 😉

That M3 looks so miniscule in your first image.

 

[Huss]

Huss you like BIG cameras eh 😉

That M3 looks so miniscule in your first image.

I'm compensating...

😀

Akshully I like them all sizes:

 

[Savid]

Here’s a somewhat old one of my mine - the two fifties have since been liquidated to pre-emptively avoid a discussion with the wife over the addition of a V4 50mm Summicron. The problem now is that I want a new chrome lens because I am vain, and looking at this picture i have realised it just looks better. I think i need you to kindly talk me of it

Untitled by Søren Davidsen, on Flickr

Also, can someone explain why the frame selector and timer are all black on my M5?