rogerpbird Posted December 20, 2015 Share #541 Posted December 20, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Last month I picked my first Leica. A 1961 beauty. In NYC this weekend and picked up a nice all leather strap from Cecilia Galleries at B&H yesterday; it really suits the camera well. http://i.imgur.com/bkBbyos.jpg 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Hi rogerpbird, Take a look here I love my M2. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pico Posted December 20, 2015 Share #542 Posted December 20, 2015 Enjoy! The M2 was my first Leica an no camera in the past 50 years has been significantly better. I even have an original black paint version. They were all good. . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted December 20, 2015 Share #543 Posted December 20, 2015 Well done! I think you picked the right camera, the M2 is an ideal combination with that excellent 35mm Skopar (one of my favourite lenses). Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 20, 2015 Share #544 Posted December 20, 2015 I did some repainting and releathering, and came up with my own "Safari" M2: Did you have to paint it with a broom? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted December 22, 2015 Share #545 Posted December 22, 2015 35 Summilux infinity lock by teknopunk.com, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steffenphotography Posted December 23, 2015 Share #546 Posted December 23, 2015 Hey there, time for more M2's! Here is my christmas present for myself! Can't wait to shoot (my first film-M). Unfortunately no lense available as my M-P 240 is in service with all three lenses. Mary Christmas for all! Steffen 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! 3 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/48604-i-love-my-m2/?do=findComment&comment=2954609'>More sharing options...
pico Posted December 23, 2015 Share #547 Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 35 Summilux infinity lock by teknopunk.com, on Flickr 35 Summilux infinity lock by teknopunk.com, on Flickr Love black M2 - here's your younger cousin! Edited December 23, 2015 by pico 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colint544 Posted December 23, 2015 Share #548 Posted December 23, 2015 And even younger (not an original black paint). I've posted it up before but hey, it's good to keep the thread alive. The M2 has beaten the M5 and M Monochrom to become my absolute favourite M. Best wishes all, Colin 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! 6 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/48604-i-love-my-m2/?do=findComment&comment=2954813'>More sharing options...
rpavich Posted December 23, 2015 Share #549 Posted December 23, 2015 I don't own an M2 (I have an M6) but I came here to drool over some great looking cameras. Mission accomplished 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 23, 2015 Share #550 Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) My early black M2 has the button rewind, and it has a smoother advance than the M4-P, M4, M7 and certainly a better shutter button than the M9 which I can bear with a grudge. But the M9 is digital and an entirely different thing The M2s, at least mine, are great machines. . Edited December 23, 2015 by pico 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted December 25, 2015 Share #551 Posted December 25, 2015 Beautiful these black paint M2 bodies guys ;-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 25, 2015 Share #552 Posted December 25, 2015 Beautiful these black paint M2 bodies guys ;-) I've been surfing the black M2s and find an enormous range of asking prices, from understandable to insanely high prices - up to $23,000 USD. Very many are not original blacks, but repainted chrome bodies. Such is life, eh? . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted December 26, 2015 Share #553 Posted December 26, 2015 I've been surfing the black M2s and find an enormous range of asking prices, from understandable to insanely high prices - up to $23,000 USD. Very many are not original blacks, but repainted chrome bodies. Such is life, eh? . Black paint M2 prices are all over the place. The very high prices in the 5 digits you see are demanded for proven, genuine black paint bodies that left the factory as black paint bodies. Then there are the black paint conversions, done either by the factory in Wetzlar or even by authorized dealers worldwide (Leica actually shipped unmarked, new black paint components to their authorized dealers, so they could perform the conversion at site including engraving the correct serial number of the silver chrome body and destroying the old silver chrome top deck as part of the conversion. These official conversion bodies are a lot lower priced on the market then the ones that left the factory in black, yet much higher priced then "unofficial" conversions or even repaints. Then there are the repaints, done by skilled craftsmen and at the very bottom there are the franken-cameras, cobbled together and repainted with a broom. Generally black paint bodies are worth more when looking like new, being of a proven batch of rare factory cameras and maybe even having some connection with a famous person. Ratty looking ones (the ones people liking black paint on brass generally cherish) are actually worth much less, if they have no famous person connection to them. My body is a factory conversion (listed as of its birth in Wetzlar as a silver chrome body, yet with a genuine factory sealed black paint top deck with it's SN being engraved through the paint as would have been done on the blanket black paint decks when doing a conversion). It is not one of the 20K + USD bodies but nevertheless growing on me. Yours, if the serial number is correct is among a 1958 batch of 500 genuine factory BP M2 bodies, so you likely shouldn't use this one other than winding it through it's speeds with white gloves once every few weeks on your visit to the bank vault ;-) It could very well be worth the equivalent of a new Volkswagen today. Technically there is no difference between a franken-camera, a beautifully crafted repaint, a factory conversion or a genuine black paint factory camera - they are all M2 bodies and take images the same way, last the same way and work the same way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpavich Posted December 26, 2015 Share #554 Posted December 26, 2015 Yours, if the serial number is correct is among a 1958 batch of 500 genuine factory BP M2 bodies, so you likely shouldn't use this one other than winding it through it's speeds with white gloves once every few weeks on your visit to the bank vault ;-) It could very well be worth the equivalent of a new Volkswagen today. Wow...no kidding. There is one from 1958 on Ebay right now for $35,000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 26, 2015 Share #555 Posted December 26, 2015 Yours, if the serial number is correct is among a 1958 batch of 500 genuine factory BP M2 bodies, so you likely shouldn't use this one other than winding it through it's speeds with white gloves once every few weeks on your visit to the bank vault ;-) It could very well be worth the equivalent of a new Volkswagen today. A used diesel VW selling in Los Angeles, maybe. The collectible market is downright frightening to me. Any good fortune I've had was just dumb luck. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMF Posted December 26, 2015 Share #556 Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) I agree with Pico on this : "The collectible market is downright frightening to me. Any good fortune I've had was just dumb luck." Shot with a 1963 BP M2 and recent BP 50 Summicron Rigid (see my earlier posts): Au Cap Sicié by JM__, on Flickr Edited December 26, 2015 by jmanivelle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 26, 2015 Share #557 Posted December 26, 2015 jmanivelle, your photo is heartwarming on this snowing Minnesota morning. But frankly, it doesn't look quite like it was taken with a black body. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMF Posted December 26, 2015 Share #558 Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) pico, I stand corrected Cap Sicié. by JM__, on Flickr shot with a M2 , a lens and some film ... Edited December 26, 2015 by jmanivelle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColColt Posted December 27, 2015 Share #559 Posted December 27, 2015 I can't recall if I posted this or not. A street shot with the M2 and 90 ElMarit. Dntwn+012a by David Fincher, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMF Posted December 27, 2015 Share #560 Posted December 27, 2015 Sold the Df ... kept the M2 ! by JM__, on Flickr Shot with a 1963 M2 and a 50 Lux e43 ASPH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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