I love my… I love my M2

[pico]

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Looks just like mine.

Don't forget to extend the lens

 

I like the Elmar. It is just soft enough to give a little glow wide open with contrasty light.

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M2 | Elmar 50mm | Ilford HP5+ 400

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[Yona]

My M2, button rewind from 1958 with Summicron 50 from 1957 iirc.

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[DirkR440]

now with Light Meter:

 

Leica M2 with Light Meter by Dirk Raffel, auf Flickr

[DirkR440]

another picture with the light meter:

 

Leica M2 by Dirk Raffel, auf Flickr

[pico]

Forgot - this my daily carry-along M2. Photo made with M9 and Sonnetar 50mm F/1.1 @ 1.1 @ minimum focus distance.

 

Edited October 19, 2016 by pico

[MRTEE]

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Early birthday present. I bought this M2 rewind a couple of months ago, had it fully CLA refurbished. Foto Mechanic Reinhart Hannover did a good job. Found a collapsible Cron and now looks and works beautifully. Here it is in all its birthday glory. :-)). Tony.

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[colint544]

1966 M2. Not an original black paint. It was transformed by Kanto Camera, from a tired and neglected chrome M2 into, for me, a thing of beauty. After the M5, my next favourite M.

 

Cheers,

 

Colin

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Edited October 31, 2016 by colint544

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Very nice Colin, congratulations!

 

I've just acquired an M2, my first. A 1965 chrome one that only has light wear.

I put a roll through it today and everything appears well exposed, and the frames are nicely spaced (better than my MP) but...

 

I'm sure the frame counter made it round to 39 before it wouldn't advance further. I rewound the film thinking I'd finished the roll but see now it stopped at frame #33.

 

The shutter now won't fire, i can press it all the way in but nothing happens and I can't advance. I've tried the obvious things like removing bottom plate, self timer, removing and reinsert spool. No dice. The shutter curtains are closed. Any other options before I send it off?

 

I assume it jammed at frame 33 and I hadn't realised. I can't see any missing shots on the roll but it's still drying so haven't looked too closely.

 

I also wanted to get advice re: The rangefinder patch. It is nice and clear, with the blue tint, but the translucent patch itself does have numerous blue dots on it, like speckles in laundry powder or something. Are they something that could be cleaned, or just something that happens over 50 years?

 

The camera was sourced through a dealer so shouldn't be a problem to send back, just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something obvious.

[colint544]

Very nice Colin, congratulations!

 

I've just acquired an M2, my first. A 1965 chrome one that only has light wear.

I put a roll through it today and everything appears well exposed, and the frames are nicely spaced (better than my MP) but...

 

I'm sure the frame counter made it round to 39 before it wouldn't advance further. I rewound the film thinking I'd finished the roll but see now it stopped at frame #33.

 

The shutter now won't fire, i can press it all the way in but nothing happens and I can't advance. I've tried the obvious things like removing bottom plate, self timer, removing and reinsert spool. No dice. The shutter curtains are closed. Any other options before I send it off?

 

I assume it jammed at frame 33 and I hadn't realised. I can't see any missing shots on the roll but it's still drying so haven't looked too closely.

 

I also wanted to get advice re: The rangefinder patch. It is nice and clear, with the blue tint, but the translucent patch itself does have numerous blue dots on it, like speckles in laundry powder or something. Are they something that could be cleaned, or just something that happens over 50 years?

 

The camera was sourced through a dealer so shouldn't be a problem to send back, just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something obvious.

 

 

Hi, and thanks. I'm no Leica expert, but it does sound as though there is a fault in either your shutter, or film advance mechanism. The shot counter has no point where it stops, it just moves round by a small increment every time the film advance lever is stroked forward. And you should be able to move it by hand in order to reset it. But fortunately you've bought the camera from a dealer, so you can send it back.

 

As for the rangefinder patch, there will be forum members much more knowledgeable than I, who might know something about the blue dots you can see. I got my M2 from Red Dot Cameras a few years ago. It looked mint, but the controls were quite stiff, and the viewfinder was a little dim. Often the way with mint cameras, I think - they're mint because they've scarcely been used. Kanto Camera did a full CLA, replaced a shutter roller, and sorted the viewfinder out. It came back beautifully bright - turned out that it was condensation that was making it appear dim. And the controls are now nice and smooth.

 

When I look through the viewfinder on my M5, there are marks which look a little like water droplets on the frame lines. But they've been there for years, they've never changed shape, or got worse. I don't know what they are. They don't cause any trouble, so I just use the camera and hope for the best. I suppose that when you use a machine that's forty or fifty years old, you have to expect some foibles.

 

But anyway, that's a shame about your M2, but if there's a fault, at least you can return it, hopefully with no problem, and perhaps get a different M2. It's a lovely camera, the M2 - the viewfinder is one of the nicest things about it.

 

Cheers,

 

Colin

[michaelwj]

Try turning it to bulb.

My M6 had a similar issue after it sat idle for a few years, it jammed, but putting it in B freed it and after a bit of a work out never happened again.

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Thanks guys. I did try all the shutter speeds without success. I'll just send it back for repair on Monday.

It came from a collection, so probably hasn't been used regularly/recently, I hope I can put that straight.

 

I'll ask about the patch when I send it back. I'll also save my M2 picture for when it has returned!

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The prognosis is good... a light seal came loose and caused everything to jam. I'm getting all the light seals redone and the rangefinder cleaned.

Should be back shortly.

 

One from that test roll in the meantime...

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It returned. The shutter feels good at all speeds. I haven't had an opportunity to put a roll through it yet.

The viewfinder is lovely and clean too, no more blue spots.

 

But... the self timer isn't working anymore 

Something I'd rarely if ever use but I'd still like it to work. 

[Stealth3kpl]

Loaded with Tmax 400. I'm running it through at 200 and will develop in Perceptol.

 

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M-P 240, 50mm Summilux Asph.

 

Pete

Edited December 22, 2016 by Stealth3kpl

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M2, 21mm Super Angulon

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[michaelwj]

M2, 21mm Super Angulon

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Very nice.

Can I ask who did your service?

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Thanks Michael.

It was done by a former Leica technician who runs a repair store in Petrie (who's always done great work for me)

I can provide contact details if you would like them.

 

Same M2, same roll

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Thanks Michael.

It was done by a former Leica technician who runs a repair store in Petrie (who's always done great work for me)

I can provide contact details if you would like them.

 

Same M2, same roll

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Peter, know him well. He does excellent work. He revitalised my 35mm summilux.

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He sourced this M2 for me and sorted out my wobbly 28mm Summicron too.

 

 

M2, 50mm Summicron Rigid

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