Let's see your Leica M

Huubl,

That is a beautiful M4. From the serial number, it looks like production ~1966, just like mine. Yours looks like new.

I'm of two minds about the M3/MP style levers. I thought that would be the way to go for me, but I've changed my mind and will stay with the stock M4 levers. I think they look better. Though, I like the M3/MP wind lever better than the plastic-tipped M4-M7 lever. To each his own.
 
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Huubl,

That is a beautiful M4. From the serial number, it looks like production ~1966, just like mine. Yours looks like new.

Hey this is not Huubl's, it's mine! Mine! It's my precious! :D

As for the levers I am a big fan of the old style M2-M3 levers and the camera came this way so I was in luck. I have nothing against the "new" levers though, it's a question of personnal taste.
 
Now this is how my Shintaro adventure ended :angel:
 

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Someone before asked me to post a shot showing the size of the Voigtlander 35mm Nokton, so here is a little pic (top image is the rustic old hood I bought for my 40 summicron of ebay, and bottom is the nokton.)
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P.s. A thought just occured to me - there isnt a possiblity that the lens shade shown in the top photo would intrude at all into the summicron 40's field of view is there?
J.
 
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You might try and get a few shots with the 75 cron before you decide- a much newer design, and MP's are going cheap these days.
 
I just bought my dream lens, a tabbed summicron 50 in chrome! Love this kit so much, better than all my 35mm lenses. The summicron is a love story : I began my journey in RF world with a collapsible summicron...
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Wild Child, just arrived

Wild Child, just arrived

M3 again. SS. My first Leica was an M3 I bought in 1973. Here she with goggles & a wonderful Summaron 35.
 

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edodo said:
I just bought my dream lens, a tabbed summicron 50 in chrome! Love this kit so much, better than all my 35mm lenses. The summicron is a love story : I began my journey in RF world with a collapsible summicron...
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Congrats on the lens. I see you placed the original M4 levers back (well not the rewind lever) and put the chrome washer in place of the black one. Another kind of hybrid :)
 
Hello HuubL! I replace the old levers just because I thought original looks a bit better. But still I prefer the old style rewind lever and the chrome washer! That lens is heavy and smooth, I like it so much!
 
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I just bought my dream lens, a tabbed summicron 50 in chrome! Love this kit so much, better than all my 35mm lenses. The summicron is a love story : I began my journey in RF world with a collapsible summicron...
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Man, that is just about the perfect M!
Very nice.
 
Thank you Ron!

here is another one

(that lens is so heavy in a good way = better handholdability, that I might need a grip very soon!)

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M6 after replacing the red dot

M6 after replacing the red dot

Bought the M6 in 2006 and finally replaced the red dot.


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Must admit the pictures are still the same quality, but the camera looks sharper! ;)

Regards,

Nick
 
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