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hello everyone.

I have one question...

I'v got M2, so happy but.

I find serial of mine on cameraquest.

and then my serial number is M1's in 1959.. (my number is 980 0**)..

I wonder if my M2 is orginal.. or copy??

somebody answer me pls.

thanks (__)

 

P.S. I.m poor at english, sorry ^^

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Welcome to the forum.

 

As far as I'm aware there are no fakes of the M series. People occasionally try to make an M look like a rarer model, but I've never seen anyone fake an M from a different make of camera.

 

Most of the fakes are thread mount cameras - IIC etc. - that were originally Russian cameras, and most of these are openly sold as copies rather than original Leica cameras.

 

So your M2 will be ok.

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I bought my M2 from my employer after having it valued etc. When I started checking the serial no. I found that it came from a M1 series 1959 (my year of birth which was fun to know). This series number was confusing until one of the technicians found the original purchase order. It was bought as a M1 with upgrade to M2.

 

For the M8u owners this sounds like deja vu, but .... minor difference my M2 has delayed recocking as well :D

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M1 to M2 conversions were an option. A colleague on another forum has an M1 converted to an M2 ... and his has a custom "real leather" body covering too. He has promised some pictures ... when he posts them I will ask if I can repost them here.

 

Cheers

 

dunk

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(my number is 980 0**)..

I wonder if my M2 is orginal.. or copy??

Why should it be a copy ?

Your M2 is either a first type (with a button for releasing the film rewind) or a second type (with the lever but also without self-timer).

I have one of the 2nd type #982 5xx

The 3rd type have a self-timer lever.

 

The M2 serial numbers goes from 950 001 to 1 102 900

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Be aware that some button rewind cameras were factory-converted to lever rewind as the owners became fed up with the levers (just as some M3 cameras were converted from double to single-stroke).

 

Also, the '2nd' and '3rd' versions were not consecutive. Alternative batches were produced of both nearly until the end of its life.

 

The old man from the Age of M (by Fritz Lang, natch)

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