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I love my M2

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Having spent 43 years with my trusty M4, and a brief dalliance with an M6, I sold off most of my Leica gear over a year ago....failing eyesight and finances. Spent the year shooting old Japanese RFs o

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10 years ago I bought an M2, this one, from that auction site. It was sold as impact damaged, blacked out viewfinder and faulty rewind, parts only. It was acquired for I think about £150, so long ago

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Hi Andy,  IMHO with some cameras we have an afinity which seems to facilitate creative photographs.  The M2 does that for me more than any of the other cameras I have, but that is personal.  Many photographers better than I seem to be able to pick up any camera and take great shots.  What I like most about the M2 is the viewfinder.  My M7 "a la wheelbarrow" 0.85 has too many frames, is too big and too heavy.

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I’ve said before that my M2 was made exactly 9 months before I was born. It is “my” camera. 

Hasn’t been used since I got my M240, though, I’m afraid. 

I could take it out today, I suppose, if I can find any film in the house. 
 

Edit - I knew where the film stash was… Found loads of Neopan 1600, which isn’t suitable for today too. 

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44 minutes ago, andybarton said:

Edit - I knew where the film stash was… Found loads of Neopan 1600, which isn’t suitable for today too.

Andy, try the XP2 at 200 ISO with a yellow filter.  Not having much time for film developing at the moment I like the convenience of XP2 and its results are excellent. This shot doesn't do the film justice, but gives some indication of the tonal range:

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just ordered a new M2 serial number 9982XX button rewind.

coming tomorrow from a reputable dealer in Hamburg.

My first M2 bought from Bill here on the forum works like a dream but I just couldn't resist adding a second one as long as the prices are 'affordable'.

They're going up and up so I decided now is the time.

 

Will post over the weekend a portrait of my new beauty 😊

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Just arrived!!😊🍀

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Looks Great! Love the Button rewind, would have preferred if they would have staked with it!

 

vor 1 Stunde schrieb hektor:

Excellent example.

Unusual.  Botton rewind, self timer and frame selector.

Mine has just the Button Rewind, no frame selector, nor self timer and also no Iso Dial for that matter. 

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It’s been a while since I posted my M2. It usually sports a dual range Summicron, I also have a 90mm Elmar that has seen quite a lot of use. I bought a 50mm collapsible Elmar for it about three years ago but I have to confess that I have yet to use it. I bought this lens this week, reviews are surprisingly good and I thought it could be fun, besides which I was shooting at night in NYC last weekend and even with HP5 pushed to iso 1600 f2 was barely adequate, an extra couple of stops would have been nice. 

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10 hours ago, hektor said:

Nice clean M2.  Get in touch with Sherry Krauter who is also in New York and ask her for a chrome screw for the rewind lever.

 Nah, that’s part of the character of my M2, it’s been like that since I bought it, this, along with a small dent on one corner, makes it unique in a small way. 😁

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Some years ago through Sherry Krauter an M2 was located which was being broken up for parts.  Contact Sherry.

In 1973 an M2 I then had went for a swin, fortunately in fresh water (we were canoeing on the Goulburn River).

When I sent it back to Wetzlar they were only able to replace it with an M4 finder.

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Just another Leica M2

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