sandro Posted January 13, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) At the well-known auction site a MD-2 is offered, with a red Leitz logo. The text says that only 200 MD-2's had such a red logo. I never saw one before and never read about it either. The serial # fits the first batch from 1980-81 with MD-2's, while production of the MD-2 had already started in 1978. My own MD-2 has a serial number allocated for M4-2, which makes sense. Does anyone know about MD-2 camera's with the red Leitz logo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luigi bertolotti Posted January 14, 2010 Share #2 Posted January 14, 2010 The camera you write of is 1.546.468 : wouldn't this number belong to a batch of M4-P ? 10/21/1980 M4-P 1546351 1548350 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe D. Posted January 14, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 14, 2010 Does anyone know about MD-2 camera's with the red Leitz logo?Yes. I have seen quite a few. It's a good idea to have a look at Westlicht Camera Auction in Vienna. Just by chance, here is one: WestLicht Photographica Auction Lot 137. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted January 14, 2010 The camera you write of is 1.546.468 : wouldn't this number belong to a batch of M4-P ? 10/21/1980 M4-P 1546351 1548350 Yes Luigi, but I read the number on the poor picture as 1546168, which turns out to be MD-2 from 1980-81. The one at Westlicht that Philippe mentioned seems to belong to a batch of M4-P's. So perhaps the red Leitz logo on MD-2's can be explained by the birth of the M4-P, which had the red logo. Apparently the same shells were used for both camera's, at least in several cases of the MD-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 14, 2010 Share #5 Posted January 14, 2010 I have a MD-2 with front Leitz logo s/n 1 650 5xx, it was made in 1984 in Canada (top back engraved) part of 951 made there for a total production of 2593 pieces. You will see it in a future "A little..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samiba Posted July 14, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 14, 2010 I just found this thread and thought you might be interested. I also own an MD-2, Canada made with a red Leitz labeled logo. The serial number is 17047xx and makes it one of the last 100 made. Interestingly it has only one flash sync port, which was already a reminessence to the M6. As I read on Steven's cameraquest page the last M4-P were also made with only a single flash port. So my MD-2 seems to be pretty rare. Interesting for me to find out would be, how many single flash port MD-2 were made. Anyone having knowledge on that? Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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