jc_braconi Posted November 29, 2010 Share #1 Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) The Leica M4-P replaced the M4-2 to re-establish the rangefinder Leica as the ideal camera for those photographers, particularly professionals, who need its special attributes of accurate focusing with high speed lenses, especially in dim light, and quiet vibrationless operation for discreet, unobtrusive work or hand held exposure with slow shutter speeds. The production period started in 1981 and stopped in 1987. 18057 ex. were produced in black chrome finish and 4334 in silver chrome finish in which 2500 special edition were engraved Leica 1913-1983 on the rear back of the top plate and on the front edge on the base plate to commemorate the 70th anniversary of when Oskar Barnack completed the first prototype LEICA and 200 ex. to commemorate the scaling of Mount Everest. Remain 1630 in plain silver chrome ex. It differs from the M4-2 in that bright-line frames are provided in the parallax-corrected viewfinder for 28mm and 75mm lenses in addition to the 35, 50, 90, 135mm of the M4 and M4-2. The frames are arranged in pairs thus : 28mm/90mm, 50mm/75mm, 35mm/135mm. A pre-selector lever on the front of the camera allows each pair of frames to be viewed in turn for selecting the appropriate focal length. A new winder was produced to use on the M4-P, catalog number unchanged 14427 In all other respects the M4-P is similar to the M4-2. For illustration here : a M4-P in black chrome finish from 1984 fitted with a 2.8/28mm Elmarit, version III, catalogue number 11804, made in Canada with its sunshade, catalog number 12536. By side a M4-P in chrome finish pre production exemplar from 1980 in plain silver chrome finishing (no special engraving) fitted with a 1.4/75mm Summilux, catalog number 11814. A winder, second model, marked LEICA-WINDER M4-2 note the lack of Leitz logo on the front face, it is now on the bottom face of the battery pack. In the foreground : an original camera box for the M4-P and leaflet instructions for use for the M4-P and for the WINDER. Edited December 16, 2010 by jc_braconi 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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