jonoslack Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share #521 Posted November 1, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 10 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Jono, I hope your meter is working properly. The first two M5's I looked at had dead meters and as far as I know, nobody can now repair these. There is a good new device to replace the unobtainable PX625 mercury cells. The M5 has no voltage regulator so needs a steady 1.35 Volts for accurate metering. Using the expensive Wein Zinc-Air cells is a pain and pricey as they run down even when not in use (they always seem to have gone flat when you come to use the camera), so I have found an adapter which takes the very much cheaper PR44 zinc-air hearing aid button cells. These seem to last longer than the larger Wein 625 cells and are a fraction of the price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173228970297?hash=item2855405139:g:yGIAAOSwHU9eIPrD The alternative is to use a Small Battery Company MR-9 voltage regulated adapter which takes either SR43 or 44 silver oxide cells. However I have found these only seem to last about 5 to 7 years before the forward biased Schottky diode they use as a regulator dies or becomes erratic. At £29 each this gets a bit pricey for film cameras I only use infrequently (CL, SL2 & M5). Wilson Thank you Wilson The guy who's selling it assures me that the meter is working properly and has a new battery . . . . and the metering is correct. He's just done a degree in photography, so he probably has been using it successfully 🤞! I think it's an interesting camera, and I like the rather odd looks - and if I don't like it I'm unlikely to lose money on it! All the best Jono 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 1, 2021 Posted November 1, 2021 Hi jonoslack, Take a look here Review: The New Leica APO-Summicron-M 35mm F2 ASPH.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Steven Posted November 1, 2021 Share #522 Posted November 1, 2021 5 hours ago, jonoslack said: Thank you Wilson The guy who's selling it assures me that the meter is working properly and has a new battery . . . . and the metering is correct. He's just done a degree in photography, so he probably has been using it successfully 🤞! I think it's an interesting camera, and I like the rather odd looks - and if I don't like it I'm unlikely to lose money on it! All the best Jono Hope we'll see some 35APO film photos from you soon, then! Film is the reason why I (re bought) and keep the lens. It just looks so special. Cheers 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 1, 2021 Share #523 Posted November 1, 2021 6 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: The metering is really the USP of the M5, otherwise you might as well get the smaller, lighter and IMHO prettier M4-P, which unlike the M5, can also take a Motor-M or as in my case, the steam punk M4-2 winder. Wilson Not in the opinion of Kenneth Wajda, in the short video I linked. He talks about several preferable M5 aspects. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 1, 2021 Share #524 Posted November 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Jeff S said: Not in the opinion of Kenneth Wajda, in the short video I linked. He talks about several preferable M5 aspects. Jeff With the winder M4-2 on my M4-P, I have more than enough to hold on to. I usually have one of the little Voigtlander VC2 meters on it, which is far more accurate than any of my Leica MR-4 meters. As I am usually taking reversal film, accurate metering is more important than with colour negative or B+W, when sunny 16 works just fine. Agfa Precisa, my favourite reversal film (I have considerable stocks of this in my freezer) is really quite narrow exposure latitude. The main reason I use my M5 is because it meters more reliably than either my CL or M7, particularly with a 28mm lens and is smaller and lighter than my R9 plus I don't have to remove it from my eye to meter, like I do with the M4-P. Wilson 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted November 1, 2021 Share #525 Posted November 1, 2021 Different strokes for different folks. As always. Jeff 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OR120 Posted December 10, 2021 Share #526 Posted December 10, 2021 If you are going for an M5 - try and get the 3-lug Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 10, 2021 Share #527 Posted December 10, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 3 hours ago, OR120 said: If you are going for an M5 - try and get the 3-lug I had a look at these before buying a very nice 2 lug with a working accurate meter and RF. I decided the price premium for the 3 lug was not worth it. In France, where I bought my M5 in 2019, the premium was €200-300. The only thing I miss with the M5 is the absence of a motor/winder, given my physical problems in using a lever wind. I wonder if one was ever on the stocks but poor sales of the M5 decided Leica against production. Wilson 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted December 11, 2021 Share #528 Posted December 11, 2021 14 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: The only thing I miss with the M5 is the absence of a motor/winder, given my physical problems in using a lever wind. I wonder if one was ever on the stocks.... I suspect the bottom rewind crank would have complicated a motor installation. Less-than-full-width motor, to allow access to the hand-crank? Motorized rewind? (Which would have made the 1971 M5 as up-to-date as the 1971 Nikon F2 - horrors!) Not that Leica can't do complicated when it wants to (or even by accident). 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF’sDelight Posted December 15, 2021 Share #529 Posted December 15, 2021 Finally we can get straight lines in LR with the Apo 35! 🙌Adobe lens profile updates, December 2021 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Leica HQ, Wetzlar, September 2021 M10M + Apo-Summicron-M 35 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Leica HQ, Wetzlar, September 2021 M10M + Apo-Summicron-M 35 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318553-review-the-new-leica-apo-summicron-m-35mm-f2-asph/?do=findComment&comment=4332776'>More sharing options...
SoarFM Posted December 16, 2021 Share #530 Posted December 16, 2021 https://leicacamerausa.com/leica-apo-summicron-m-35-f-2-asph.html At the moment of this posting, the lens is in stock and shipping at Leica USA online store😮 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted December 16, 2021 Share #531 Posted December 16, 2021 Am 14.3.2021 um 13:16 schrieb jonoslack: Well, for a start I’m pretty sure that the 35 APO is female, so it can’t really be the king of anything!! In german it is "das" Summicron. So it should be gender-neutral IMO. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 16, 2021 Share #532 Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, tom0511 said: In german it is "das" Summicron. So it should be gender-neutral IMO. "Non-binary"? Pete. 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikie John Posted December 17, 2021 Share #533 Posted December 17, 2021 20 hours ago, farnz said: "Non-binary"? Pete. Or "analogue" as we used to call it. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktsa5239 Posted December 22, 2021 Share #534 Posted December 22, 2021 I really love the look of the APO35 ! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318553-review-the-new-leica-apo-summicron-m-35mm-f2-asph/?do=findComment&comment=4336929'>More sharing options...
Ktsa5239 Posted December 22, 2021 Share #535 Posted December 22, 2021 Heres another one from today's walk Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/318553-review-the-new-leica-apo-summicron-m-35mm-f2-asph/?do=findComment&comment=4336935'>More sharing options...
ymc226 Posted December 30, 2021 Share #536 Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/16/2021 at 2:00 AM, SoarFM said: https://leicacamerausa.com/leica-apo-summicron-m-35-f-2-asph.html At the moment of this posting, the lens is in stock and shipping at Leica USA online store😮 They must be making more. I put down my name on the Wash DC Leica Botique wait list on 11/09 and got a call today. Can’t wait to compare the lens to the Summicron V3 and V4 I recently acquired. For some reason I enjoy the rendering of the V4 more than the Summicron ASPH. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
insideline Posted December 30, 2021 Share #537 Posted December 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, ymc226 said: They must be making more. I put down my name on the Wash DC Leica Botique wait list on 11/09 and got a call today. Can’t wait to compare the lens to the Summicron V3 and V4 I recently acquired. For some reason I enjoy the rendering of the V4 more than the Summicron ASPH. I just shot with the 35 APO and it is the finest Leica lens I have ever shot with and I own all the significant M lenses from the past 50 years, and even sharper than my LHSA 50 APO. On my M10M it has incredible resolution, sharpness and the contrast is amazing as well as the fall off from focal point. Astonishing lens. I can't see using the close up focussing feature much but from .7 on out I can't fault it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted December 30, 2021 Share #538 Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) On 12/16/2021 at 5:00 AM, SoarFM said: https://leicacamerausa.com/leica-apo-summicron-m-35-f-2-asph.html At the moment of this posting, the lens is in stock and shipping at Leica USA online store😮 I see that B&H still is out of them as is Leica Store Miami, Bergen County Camera and Camera West. Apparently the more hideous the price of a lens, the more demand there is for it. Only Leica can pull that off. After seeing @Ktsa5239's 35 APO images (above), I can definitely see why. 😎 Edited December 30, 2021 by Herr Barnack 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted December 31, 2021 Share #539 Posted December 31, 2021 7 hours ago, ymc226 said: For some reason I enjoy the rendering of the V4 more than the Summicron ASPH. You're not the only one Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted December 31, 2021 Share #540 Posted December 31, 2021 6 hours ago, insideline said: I just shot with the 35 APO and it is the finest Leica lens I have ever shot with and I own all the significant M lenses from the past 50 years, and even sharper than my LHSA 50 APO. On my M10M it has incredible resolution, sharpness and the contrast is amazing as well as the fall off from focal point. Astonishing lens. I can't see using the close up focussing feature much but from .7 on out I can't fault it. Found mine lovely on film or M10M. Can't stand it on colour digital. Takes all the charm of life away. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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