The M2 wasn't moving too fast so I headed down to a local shop run by another camera geek that one of the guys here told me about. It was great. He had never had an M2 in his Leica collection and he had a C330 with a 55mm (mint) lens. We did a good swap and all is well.
So, I've been playing with it and reading the manual (all of it). I love this thing. Big, yes, but not too big by my standards so it's all good. I've got a roll of HP5+ in it but it's not nice enough outside to get any good shots. That was certainly the easiest camera I have ever loaded (save for the Nikon F5).
I am curious about a couple things though:
1. About half way through the crank winding cycle I can feel some resistance. I'm assuming this is where a number of internal things are getting cocked, clicked, and otherwise set??
2. Depressing either shutter release lever, about halfway through the depression there's another bit of resistance. Once through this it will fire the shutter with no problem, but I'm wondering why there is so much resistance in the shutter release??
Thanks to anyone that can shed some light on those two bits for me.
So, I'm now looking to either ditch the 55mm or just outright purchase a 135 and 180 as I'm not a wide angle kinda guy. If I really want that, I have a 60mm for the Hasselblad and a Hassy Super Wide (38mm). I think I have the wide stuff covered.
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