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Float · 07-13-2016, 12:05 PM

Originally posted by chickentender

You have "Leica money" to spend? Oh, don't we all.

Seriously though, what the heck does that mean? Did you liquidate a collection or are you a stakeholder?

I sold off almost all my leica gear. All I have now is an m5 and summicron. I think I am going to find a really nice black KX as my next Pentax tho and just deal with my noisy LX

I like the way the KX fits my hands

Last edited by Float; 07-13-2016 at 12:23 PM.

**TomB_tx** · 07-13-2016, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by Float

I sold off almost all my leica gear. All I have now is an m5 and summicron. I think I am going to find a really nice black KX as my next Pentax tho and just deal with my noisy LX

I like the way the KX fits my hands

The M5 is really nice to shoot with. I had bought a new M4 in 1968 (and v3 Summicron) and so passed on the M5 when it came out. I picked up a used one a few years ago, and like it - using an LTM Voigtlander Nokton 1.5, that seems the right size for it.

Wheatfield · 07-27-2016, 05:42 PM - **1 Like**

The ping is normal depending on the shutter. Pentax made several changes to the shutter over the 20 year life of the camera. Early ones had a delightful pinging noise that sounded like an angel's chime.
I was photographing a wedding in a church well known for having excellent acoustics. I was in the choir loft shooting the ceremony with a 300mm lens on one of my LX bodies. One picture, I tripped the shutter just as the priest paused his sermon for a moment, and the ping of the LX reverberated around the church for what seemed like an eternity.

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07-13-2016, 12:05 PM	#31
Float New Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 23 Original Poster	Originally posted by chickentender You have "Leica money" to spend? Oh, don't we all. Seriously though, what the heck does that mean? Did you liquidate a collection or are you a stakeholder? I sold off almost all my leica gear. All I have now is an m5 and summicron. I think I am going to find a really nice black KX as my next Pentax tho and just deal with my noisy LX I like the way the KX fits my hands Last edited by Float; 07-13-2016 at 12:23 PM.

07-13-2016, 04:20 PM	#32
TomB_tx Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,446	Originally posted by Float I sold off almost all my leica gear. All I have now is an m5 and summicron. I think I am going to find a really nice black KX as my next Pentax tho and just deal with my noisy LX I like the way the KX fits my hands The M5 is really nice to shoot with. I had bought a new M4 in 1968 (and v3 Summicron) and so passed on the M5 when it came out. I picked up a used one a few years ago, and like it - using an LTM Voigtlander Nokton 1.5, that seems the right size for it.

07-27-2016, 05:42 PM - 1 Like	#33
Wheatfield Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The wheatfields of Canada Posts: 15,987	The ping is normal depending on the shutter. Pentax made several changes to the shutter over the 20 year life of the camera. Early ones had a delightful pinging noise that sounded like an angel's chime. I was photographing a wedding in a church well known for having excellent acoustics. I was in the choir loft shooting the ceremony with a 300mm lens on one of my LX bodies. One picture, I tripped the shutter just as the priest paused his sermon for a moment, and the ping of the LX reverberated around the church for what seemed like an eternity.

Pentax LX metallic ringing noise

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