Leica M5

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Leitz GmbH
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Wetzlar
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1971
PRODUCTION DATES: 1971-1975
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: built-in exposuer meter
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  50mm f/2.0 Summicron
  50mm f/1.4 Summilux
  50mm f/1.2 Noctilux
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  First Leica rangefinder with through-the lens (TTL) metering. Cds cell
  receptor is mounted on movable swing arm which retracts out of image
  path just before shutter is opened. Meter system makes the M5 body
  taller and heavier than M4. Early versions have strap lugs at one end
  of body, later versions have three strap lugs. Available in silver
  chrome or black chrome.

MANUFACTURER'S CATALOG NO: 1287001 to 1384000

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L533.00023

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989. p 207.//
Lager, James L. --Leica: An Illustrated History - Volume I - Cameras.-- Closter, NJ: Lager Limited Editions, 1993. p 242-245.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. p 285.//