Let's see your Leica M

Classy Chassis
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rlouzan said:
Hi Paul,

Was that Maggie Steber´s M4-2 camera? :cool:

Regards,
Robert
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Robert,
I really don't know!
I've been trying to figure out whose camera it was for the past 3 years. I emailed Al about 6 months before his passing and his response was as follows:

Hi Paul,

Very interesting! I've never heard of that before. The chick who usually shoots for the Herald in this part of the county might not have even been in grade school when the M4-2 was in production so I doubt if she'd know.

I've lost track of just about all the Herald photographers I knew back then.

What I do recall is that it was pretty common to use your own "every day" stuff, a couple of Nikon SLR's and a few lenses, you'd get an equipment allowance for it though. Exotic things like motor drives, fish-eye lenses, super-telephotos, and such were "pool equipment" owned by the paper.

Until the early 1970's you couldn't take photos in the county court rooms, but then the chief judge decreed that available light pictures were OK as long as the camera didn't make any more noise than a Leica M.

That might account for the paper having a couple of M4-2 bodies in the pool, and the timing would be about right also.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Al


I'll see if maybe I can contact Steber and see if she has anymore info about the cameras as I'd really like to know who owned it before it fell into my hands.
-Paul
 
CLE-RF said:
Great to read some words from Al, in his factual down-to-earth friendly kinda tone I always appreciated so much. He's missed.
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I go second that...

R.I.P.

Didn't knew him, but it was always a pleasure reading his comments... Thought... Nice, and intelligent man...:rolleyes:
 
pics of some of the lenses, don't have anything on the camera yet, but it's probably comming some day :)

the elmarit 28mm asph
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the 15mm heliar
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the 35mm summicron iv
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Spyro said:
It has probably been posted somewhere before but this is the best looking M I've ever seen:
http://www.cameraquest.com/LeicaM4G.htm
and the reason why a digital leica doesnt do it for me... I just dont get the feeling it will be around in 40 years time, or that I will want to use it if it is.
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Those beat up Ms only look good if you are the one who put the dents and scratches into it. I respect the heck out of it, but I wouldn't call good looking.
 
PaulRicciardi said:
Been wanting to do this for a while. Top, bottom, front, and back views of the M's
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Wow, those are rough. Beautiful!

steveyork said:
Those beat up Ms only look good if you are the one who put the dents and scratches into it. I respect the heck out of it, but I wouldn't call good looking.
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I dunno, each to his own, but I definitely like the look of a well worn Leica. You can go the museum-piece way and keep a Leica mint, and I do love a mint looking classic as much as the next guy, but Leica's are at the same time tools that take a beating well.
 
braver said:
...each to his own, but I definitely like the look of a well worn Leica. You can go the museum-piece way and keep a Leica mint, and I do love a mint looking classic as much as the next guy, but Leica's are at the same time tools that take a beating well.
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To me, Leicas are interesting predominantly because they are magnificent tools -- but tools, even beautiful ones, are interesting largely because they are used to make things. A well-worn Leica speaks of years of creative work and of the relationship of a craftsperson or artist to his or her tools. I agree that a pristine classic is nice. But to me, Jim Marshall's M4's are at least as cool as all the minty display queens in the world put together.

Just my $0.02.
 
You guys are awesome! There are a lot of great looking cameras here. After looking at some of the pics of M's with the MR-4 I ordered one for my M4, then, after looking at the markings on the top of my M4, I realized that it was once the home to just that type of meter!! Never would have known if it weren't for you guys. Thanks!
 
Here is my MP BP a few days after I got it:

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...and here it is in action in one of my first attempts with using the Visoflex III and Bellows II combination. No, I still don´t have a "real" macro lens, but at least I now have the 16558 adapter, so I´m looking into acquiring a 65/3.5.

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