mynikonf2
OEM
I'm looking at 2 cameras and can't make up my mind which I should buy. The cameras are a chrome M2 and the other is a black chrome M4-2. They are both about the same price so that's not issue. They both appear to be in good working order. Both have good cosmetics. So what to do???
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Michiel Fokkema
Michiel Fokkema
Depends on your needs.
Both are very capable camera's.
The M4-2 has the extra benefit of 135 framelines.
The M2 seems to have the best "feel". I do agree that the M2 is vey nice build but I never handled a M4-2.
Cheers,
Michiel Fokkema
Both are very capable camera's.
The M4-2 has the extra benefit of 135 framelines.
The M2 seems to have the best "feel". I do agree that the M2 is vey nice build but I never handled a M4-2.
Cheers,
Michiel Fokkema
ktmrider
Well-known
Both Good
Both Good
The M2 is a classic Leica built during the time many consider to be the high point of craftsmanship. It has a simple and elegant viewfinder, slower loading and rewinding. It was actually considered as a cheaper version of the M3 but became more popular due to the 35mm frameline in the viewfinder.
M4-2 was Leica's attempt to starve off bankruptcy after the disaster of the M5. Some will say it was more cheaply made in Canada and lacks the craftsmanship of earlier cameras. It looses the self timer from the original M4 but gains a motor winder option. As with the M4 over the M2, the viewfinder has a 135 frameline, faster loading and the tilted rewind knob.
Personally, it comes down to feel. Both cameras would serve equally well and if the price is the same, get the one which you like the best. I use an M4 and would add either as a second body (would lean toward the M2 because I love its viewfinder).
Both Good
The M2 is a classic Leica built during the time many consider to be the high point of craftsmanship. It has a simple and elegant viewfinder, slower loading and rewinding. It was actually considered as a cheaper version of the M3 but became more popular due to the 35mm frameline in the viewfinder.
M4-2 was Leica's attempt to starve off bankruptcy after the disaster of the M5. Some will say it was more cheaply made in Canada and lacks the craftsmanship of earlier cameras. It looses the self timer from the original M4 but gains a motor winder option. As with the M4 over the M2, the viewfinder has a 135 frameline, faster loading and the tilted rewind knob.
Personally, it comes down to feel. Both cameras would serve equally well and if the price is the same, get the one which you like the best. I use an M4 and would add either as a second body (would lean toward the M2 because I love its viewfinder).
grainhound
Well-known
ktmrider said it all well. I’ll just add that I’ve got both and am very happy with each of them. The M4-2 is underrated in my opinion, but if I were to go with just one, it’d be the M2. That’s how I started with Leica, but I like having both in order to have different films on the go at the same time, and I have a 135 Nikkor I use occasionally.
rlouzan
Well-known
Ronald_H
Don't call me Ron
M2. Had to make the same choice.
payasam
a.k.a. Mukul Dube
If you can do without the 135 frame, the rewind crank and the marginally faster loading, the M2 is for you. Any defects in this particular M4-2 should long ago have been ironed out.
Tom A
RFF Sponsor
If you are a 35mm lens user - go for the M2! If you do use longer than 90mm. go for the M4-2. Oh, hell - just go for the M2 anyway!
thomasw_
Well-known
Well phrased. Remember this year! It has been proclaimed the "Year of the M2"!
Rogrund
Antti Sivén
M2. Easy choice.
b.espahbod
Optophile
M3 for 50, 90
M2 for 35, 50
M6 for 28, 35
MD for 21 and beyond (actually wider)
IIIf for Sadomasochism and Finder Obssesions (no cure found yet)
M2 for 35, 50
M6 for 28, 35
MD for 21 and beyond (actually wider)
IIIf for Sadomasochism and Finder Obssesions (no cure found yet)
M2user
Member
Grab the M2 you won't regret it.
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