Let's see your Leica M

[Erik van Straten]

Looking very nice with the brassing!

Thank you, yes, and the camera is very smooth in use, the smoothest of all my Leicas.


Erik.

 

[haempe]

... the smoothest of all my Leicas.

I've always wondered what makes the difference between the early M2s and the later models.
Those button-rewind models are so silky smooth in operation if they are maintained accordingly.

 

[David Hughes]

You are a brave guy, using that knot to tie off the string 😱

Beware of modern materials for lines and so on; few of them work with old fashioned knots because they are slippery.


Regards, David

 

[mauro scacco]

News...

News...

A serious combo... 😉

Leica m4 cron 50 wetzlar by Mauro Scacco, su Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

Mauro, this one looks like new! Congratulations.


Erik.

 

[Krnome]

You are a brave guy, using that knot to tie off the string 😱

Well Sean Flynn had an identical strap in Nam. I got a replica made 😉

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Well Sean Flynn had an identical strap in Nam. I got a replica made 😉

images-4 by , on Flickr

You'll notice that Sean Flynn's parachute cord 'strap' was more securely tied...ask any Boy Scout 😉

 

[Krnome]

images-4 by , on Flickr

You'll notice that Sean Flynn's parachute cord 'strap' was more securely tied...ask any Boy Scout 😉

Well that's right

 

[Deleted member 65559]

A serious combo... 😉

Leica m4 cron 50 wetzlar by Mauro Scacco, su Flickr

That's a real gem Mauro!

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

 

[SimonPJ]

Shintaro BP M4

 

[SimonPJ]

Shintaro BP M2

 

[mauro scacco]

very fine, i also think that black do it better...😎👍

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Shintaro BP M2

Simon Congratulations! That is a stunning kit. The paint job looks authentic & aged instead of sparkling & new & the steel-rim 35 is drool-worthy.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Hmmm, I have the camera that Simon shows in my archives for many years. It is not a Shintaro painted camera, but a real 1959 Leitz one, originally chrome but redone in black paint by Leitz in the 1960's. The chrome eyelets are the giveaway.

Erik.

This is the very same camera as on Simons' picture above:

 

[Erik van Straten]

I have exactly the same camera! Here it is.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Beautiful cameras. The black M2 I had was in the later 1963-64 serial # range.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Beautiful cameras. The black M2 I had was in the later 1963-64 serial # range.

With a selftimer I guess?


Erik.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

With a selftimer I guess?


Erik.

Yes. I saw it in the window at the Leica dealer in Paris. Mid 1990s... I paid $700 Canadian dollars / 460 Euro for it... it's the one i regret selling

 

[Erik van Straten]

Yes. I saw it in the window at the Leica dealer in Paris.

Boulevard Beaumarchais? I know that shop.


Erik.