M2! M2! M2! M2! M2!

Ooops! Before I forget (again).

Congratulations, Ash! 🙂 🙂 😉 And don't worry much about the flash contact covers. In truth, they protect the contacts from dust, but then, your Leica will survive a bit of nakedness in them. My only concern was that when I lost one of mine I was afraid of scratching my glasses. Don't ask me how...
 
Ash,

Congrats...the M2 is a wonderful camera. It is my favorite camera to use. Best luck and Happy Snaps!

Bob
 
Ash said:
I hope I like using it!
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Congratulations.
Enjoy using it and post some photos!

Shoot it meterless like a man.
Once you got the hang of it, you may well qualify for the greatest Leica of all times....
the M3!

It is the unique example of a company getting a product right the first time and then to continually downgrade (with the exception of the MP - that is the true reason why it does not have a number😀). Recently they took a great step in the downwards spiral with the Meight - that is as hard for me to write as fl...!


Enjoy,
Andreas
 
WOW!

Talk about a lot of responses! Looks like every person, even the lurkers, have commented in my absence!

I've got about 15 shots through the roll.

Guess what I'm shooting the rest indoors with? hah!
 
Ash said:
Guess what I'm shooting the rest indoors with? hah!
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Easy, Tri-X, rated 1250, to be processed in Diafine.
For natural tones, great dynamic range without having to purchase a Nocti.


I knew I would get that one right.

😀😀😀😀😀

Andreas
 
Congrats ash, I know it is not the camera that makes good pictures (its the photographer eheh) but coincidence or not, I make much more "keepers" with a camera I really apreciate.
Since I got my M2 last week I have only shoot one roll and a half, but... I must admit I have a bunch of pictures that really please me 🙂
Besides that, I must look really silly, because I smile a lot when shooting with the M2... a smile of happyness for the smooth feeling of using it 🙂
And this happens with my "Frankenstein" kit: M2 + J3 or J12.

An example of my my first pictures with M2:

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Sergio that's a really cool photo. I agree with you though, I was smiling at every movement of the camera's mechanism
 
Your deductive skills astonish me!

Shots taken with Summicron 50/2 collapsible LTM using adapter.

Buddy (a friend's dog) f/2 1/60
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Diana (who I'm waiting to sort a photoshoot with)
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And here's a shot of Fid with a flash bounced off the ceiling f/8 1/60th-flash
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Here's a street shot

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Ash said:
Your deductive skills astonish me!

Shots taken with Summicron 50/2 collapsible LTM using adapter. This is Diana (who I'm waiting to sort a photoshoot with) and Buddy (a friend's dog)

f/2 1/60
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And here's a shot of Fid with a flash bounced off the ceiling

f/8 1/60th-flash
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Here's a street shot

f/4 1/250
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I take it you just got the order wrong, or is Diana really a Jack Russell and you were making derogatory comments about a friend's girlfriend 😉

BTW I really like the first shot
 
Ash, one thing to listen for at slow speeds (below flash sync) is the escapement timer. It should make a slightly gritty little whine for a second or so after the shutter fires. If your 1, 2, 4, 8, and 15 speeds all sound the same whith no whine, the camera may need cleaning of the slow speed governor. I recently went trhough this with an used M4-P which needed relubing. Now it works like a clock at all speeds.

Good luck and happy shooting!
 
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