Finally a Leica Owner!

[saiseto]

My leica M2 with an Elmar 50mm f2.8 have fianlly arrived today. Got it for 680USD from the evil-bay. This is my first leica body, i was using a R2A with my 35 Cron' perviously. Just too excited that can't control myself that got to come over and share my joy with you guys here.

Do you still remember how excited you were first time when a leica in your hand?

😀

 

[cp_ste.croix]

congrats! Happy shooting!

 

[doubs43]

My leica M2 with an Elmar 50mm f2.8 have fianlly arrived today. Got it for 680USD from the evil-bay. This is my first leica body, i was using a R2A with my 35 Cron' perviously. Just too excited that can't control myself that got to come over and share my joy with you guys here.

Do you still remember how excited you were first time when a leica in your hand?

😀

Congratulations on your new M2 Leica. While most seem to prefer the M3, I've always had a liking for the M2 and I'm sure you'll be pleased with it. Post some images as soon as you can.

Believe me....... I understand your excitement. 😎

Walker

 

[wlewisiii]

Well, I can empathize with the first time I held my Canon 7 in my hands ... I don't get the same way about the Leicas, but if it was for you like I felt for that camera, well, let's just say that I ought to go to confession over breaking the commandment about Idols 😱

Enjoy your camera. Good light, good luck and you better post some pictures ... 😀

William

 

[a.black]

Congrats, saiseto. And yes I can feel with your excitement for holding a Leica for the first time. 😀
But enough fondling. Take it out and shoot. 😎

cheers
adam

 

[saiseto]

yeah, I will go get some image done and post them up as soon as possible!!

Doubs43, you are right that many people perfer M3 over the M2. But I'm a 35mm person, that I choose the M2 for its 35mm frameline.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Hey, Leicas, Canon, Nikons... if it makes your heart skip a beat, heck, enjoy it!

BTW, I do remember opening the box to get my first Leica out of it. By the time the third came in... it was still the same feeling! 🙂

One thing: I'm a 35mm person, but the M3 really makes you re-discover the 50mm focal length! I speak from experience here! 😛

 

[sf]

I remember the first time I held a Leica - at Glazer's in Seattle. I remember thinking, wow, what a beautiful piece of mechanics. So nice and heavy, dense, but also inviting to hold. THen I fired the shutter and asked if the shutter was working. . . .the guy said yes. It was working, and I said wow. SO quiet. Then I focused through it and said wow, so smooth and pleasant to focus. Then I looked at the prices for the new lenses in the case and said, wow.

 

[Doug]

Saiseto, the M2 is sleek and smooth and solid, and I hope you'll enjoy yours for many years!

 

[kvanderlaag]

Again with the M2 club! Let me go get you your card and t-shirt.

 

[john neal]

One thing: I'm a 35mm person, but the M3 really makes you re-discover the 50mm focal length! I speak from experience here! 😛

I can identify with that sentiment - recently met up with Tom_F in York and one look at his recently CLA'd M3 was enough to convince me that I needed one, in addition to my M2 and MP - I'm getting the 50mm bug again, yippee!

See - that Leica feeling never goes away 😀

 

[Ronald M]

I only wish some one loaned me one sooner so i would not have wasted 20 years with Pentax Spotmatics. Decent lenses, but just NOT the same. They also shake like crazy.

You got a lift from opening the box, but wait `til you hang a roll in the darkroom and see the negs. They don`t even look the same as Japanese stuff.

The thrill is there every roll. Watch you wallet so you don`t go broke. This is almost like crack.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

My leica M2 with an Elmar 50mm f2.8 have fianlly arrived today. Got it for 680USD from the evil-bay. This is my first leica body, i was using a R2A with my 35 Cron' perviously. Just too excited that can't control myself that got to come over and share my joy with you guys here.

Do you still remember how excited you were first time when a leica in your hand?

😀

Congratulations. You know you can share your excitement here 😎

The first time I held a Leica, I remember that line from Goldfinger .... that there was a "divine heaviness" to it.

cheers and post some shots of the camera AND some photos from it 😛

 

[boarini2003]

I'm jealous! ;-)

 

[jim0266]

Enjoy the M2. They are wonderful cameras. I love the single frames for 35mm shooting.

 

[zanydave]

Already own an M7 but saw an R8 in mint condition for £480... Had to have it! Now if I can just find a lens for it!

 

[ywenz]

My first Leica was an M6 classic. It came to my work in its original packaging. I also received a 50 cron that day and I remembered how the leather lens pouch smelled like a new leather jacket..

 

[Grober]

After two double-stroke M3s, two classic M6s and one M4-P, I'm now "down" to one M7. Having just sold my M4-P (it was always a back-up camera) I thought I'd replace it with a Bessa R2A. But no, the Bessa's are just not reliable enough past their standard one year warranty period. So, I'm sitting on the cash and waiting to buy either the Epson R-D1s or the just-announced Panasonic DMC-L1 dSLR sporting a Leica-designed lens. I'll always keep and USE the M7 (with a Nikon film scanner) but because good processing labs are harder and harder to find, digital is becoming more and more attractive. The planned Leica Md, which should be announced this fall (available ???), may just be too pricey at a reported target price of US$5K (or higher!)

Favorite lenses for me are now the ZM 25mm Biogon, 35 Summicorn ASPH and 75 Summicron. The Biogon has pretty much displaced my older Canon 28/2.8 but I'll still keep that screwmount lens in case I wind up buying the Epson. (Spend the extra money for the Zeiss 25/28 viewfinder too. It's worth it.)

All of this means BUPKISS if we don't go out and actually shoot! Yes, the sound and unique feel of the "M" is completely addicting but shouldn't better photos really be the test?

 

[peter_n]

nah, get another M7. If you have a 0.72 mag get a 0.85 or vice versa. You know you won't regret it. 😉

 

[kvanderlaag]

All of this means BUPKISS if we don't go out and actually shoot! Yes, the sound and unique feel of the "M" is completely addicting but shouldn't better photos really be the test?

Quit harrassing the camera fondlers! 😛