cidereye Posted July 12, 2010 Share #141 Posted July 12, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here's my old girl, 1960 vintage with self timer:- 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 12, 2010 Posted July 12, 2010 Hi cidereye, Take a look here I love my M2. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bw@lover Posted July 24, 2010 Share #142 Posted July 24, 2010 i wish to have one T_T Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest umshausumzu Posted July 24, 2010 Share #143 Posted July 24, 2010 My is done in Japan too. Nr 929607. Claus http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=213022&stc=1&d=1279982211 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! 1 Quote 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=1386775'>More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 25, 2010 Share #144 Posted July 25, 2010 That urushi M2 is handsome indeed -- but somehow I think that a chrome M2 is more right. More Zeitgeist, maybe. The ethics of refinishing is debated. Some purists say, never. Others think that if it is not a particularly rare specimen, and a user, why not? Some people refinish everything that comes their way, because to them, looks is everything. I regard them as vandals of a cultural heritage. I am not a collector (think, or rather, think not, stamps). I am interested in the technical development, the engineering changes -- and how the ornery old beasts were used. But trivial detail variation, like the number of rings on the self-timer lever, or a funny serial number, leaves me cold. The old man from the Age of the M2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 25, 2010 Share #145 Posted July 25, 2010 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! 2 Quote 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=1387633'>More sharing options...
Xmas Posted July 25, 2010 Share #146 Posted July 25, 2010 Hi None of my M2 are ever jealous of one another. Noel Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted July 25, 2010 Share #147 Posted July 25, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) >> Andy This one is a beauty and a splendid photograph as well. Looks like a 75 mm SUMMILUX- shot to me ... Best GEORG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 25, 2010 Share #148 Posted July 25, 2010 About as far from a 75 Summilux shot as you can get, but thanks all the same, George It was probably the 60 Elmarit-R on the Nikon D700 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiZZ Posted July 27, 2010 Share #149 Posted July 27, 2010 Hi Fizz Is there something wrong in carrying three, I can't get four into my normal gbag? Noel Leica was never about monogamy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likalar Posted July 27, 2010 Share #150 Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) M2-R, Original Owners Serial number 12500** , maybe 2000 made, so they re not too common. The M2-R was factory built with the new M4 rapid load fixed take-up spool. I presented this very camera, new, with a black 50 Summicron, to my father in 1970. He finally broke it out in 1971 to take some pictures (4 or 5 rolls) at our wedding. Imogen Cunningham took a sweet picture of him holding this camera. After that, it went back into a drawer, where it stayed for many years. At some point he replaced the black lens with this nice dual range 50. In 2000 he gifted the camera back to me, telling me it was unused since the wedding! So, I believe those were the only rolls thru this camera to date. The slow speeds are balky, and one of these days I'll have it gone over and put some film through it. There's a very few faint marks on it, which I like, as they were made by my father. Thanks for viewing this! Larry 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! Edited July 27, 2010 by likalar 9 Quote 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=1389715'>More sharing options...
stephan_w Posted July 27, 2010 Share #151 Posted July 27, 2010 Nice story, I wish I have my fathers M3....... and what a nice lens this is! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eieio Posted July 28, 2010 Share #152 Posted July 28, 2010 Hello from Thailand, My first thread here.. I do love my M2!! 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 Quote 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=1390172'>More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted July 28, 2010 Share #153 Posted July 28, 2010 Great camera, very fine lenses. Welcome to the LEICA User Forum ! Best regards GEORG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephgalilee Posted July 30, 2010 Share #154 Posted July 30, 2010 Lars Berquist told: "...because to them, looks is everything. I regard them as vandals of a cultural heritage." Well, I bought the Shintaro's M2 Urushi because it is beautiful, but I never thought to send to Shintaro a M2 Chrome to make it turn into a M2 Black Paint. If you can still choose, prefer to choose the good things even if they are not originally painted made by the producer. Collecting is something else than passionate user. My Urushi M2 is now happily coupled with a late Super-Angulon 21 f/3.4, fabr.-nr. 2917xxx and a 21 metal black Leitz finder. No to collect things but beautiful things to use. Kind regards. 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! Quote 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=1391979'>More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted August 2, 2010 Share #155 Posted August 2, 2010 Lars Berquist told: "...because to them, looks is everything. I regard them as vandals of a cultural heritage."Kind regards. As I wrote, many think that refinishing a reasonably common old user camera is all right. I do, so the remark was not directed at you. What I was thinking of was those collectors who try to restore their pieces to mint outside, but never use them, and who don't give a damn about function. They don't love old Leicas, they love being high profile collectors of anything, as long as it is expensive. And then there are those sadists who never even remove the shrink wrap there once was around the cartons. They are not even interested in looking at their prizes. Instead, they just sit there drooling -- over the supposed value increase, I presume. Meanwhile, the camera dies a slow and horrible death inside, from lack of use. -- I could add where those two species of collector are most prevalent, but I won't. I don't want to start a war. By the way, refinishing is regarded as ok among veteran car people -- but an original finish in reasonable shape is deemed even better. Museums, on the other hand, do never restore, they just conserve. The old man 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybob Posted August 2, 2010 Share #156 Posted August 2, 2010 My first Leica, this Canadian M2 was purchased with the Canadian Summicron 35, for $375 at an estate sale. Collectable, no. Unique and used quite a bit, yes. This M2 was recovered using cameraleather.com walnut natural grain kid leather (goat skin). It smells like a baseball glove, and has a really nice deep brown color. My only qualm? Nicking that body screw next to the self timer with stripper while removing the old covering. Leica Proper? perhaps not, but the option off watching MORE of the vulcanite chip off in chunks was completely unappealing to me. I use an M3 for the 50 and 90 cause the viewfinder's better for those focal lengths, but LOVE is not a strong enough word for how I feel about my M2 combined with this lens. Jay 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! 1 Quote 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=1394682'>More sharing options...
josephgalilee Posted August 3, 2010 Share #157 Posted August 3, 2010 ..... I don't want to start a war. The old man Hi, don't worry about it, we are gentlemen, only warm speech but never over. Ok, your thought are right, nothing to say. I'm only a Leitz user with passion for beauty things, to use only without idolatrous worship or veneration. Kind regards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrylinda Posted August 9, 2010 Share #158 Posted August 9, 2010 The song without words sounds cool. If you have the possibility, you should add a second (lead) guitar track. Well, it's just my point of view. Keep playing music my friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob139 Posted August 9, 2010 Share #159 Posted August 9, 2010 M2! 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! 1 Quote 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=1401312'>More sharing options...
stalker72 Posted September 12, 2010 Share #160 Posted September 12, 2010 i just received my Leica M2 a few days ago. On the lens that came with the camera(a 50/f2 summicron) is a spot. Can anyone tell me what's with that spot and if it can be fixed or not? 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! 1 Quote 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=1436122'>More sharing options...
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