Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bienvenido Carlos I am also a "Luger" from Argentina and find interesting to know that the group is becoming more and more international. I think that we already know each other but now we have another subjet to chat about when we meet. I think your choice of the M2 is quite right but I'm afraid you will be infected with the M Leica bug and soon you will be searching for a second M body because all of them have its advantages and peculiarities. Wellcome aboard! Jose - ---Carlos Blanco wrote: > > Hi, my name is Carlos Blanco, I'm from Argentina and I'm new in the group. > I have recently bought a M2 with a Summicron 50 1:2 all for $1300. In Argentina Leica prices tend to vary a lot: you can get a 35mm for the M3 with the viewfinder adapter for $350 but a brand new M6 is $3000 and a new summicron M $1000. > > I would like to know if I have done a (rather) good purchase. > I decided for the M2 because: > 1- someday I'd like to buy a 35mm (H Cartier Bresson used to say that he never used the 135mm) > 2- it was newer than the M3 > 3- automatic film counter and self timer were not important for me. > > I imagine that the discussion M2 vs M3 is as old as the cameras themselves but nontheless I'd like to receive your opinions about it. > 1- is it true that the ideal body for the 50mm is the M3 due to the viewfinder > 2- I know that the M2 was intended to be an economic version of the M3 but, that affected also the quality of the body or only the elements that were not included, etc > > thank you and forgive me for my indian-like english > > Arq. Carlos Blanco > <HR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi, my name is Carlos Blanco, I'm from Argentina and I'm new in the group.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I have recently bought a M2 with a Summicron 50 1:2 all for $1300. In Argentina Leica prices tend to vary a lot: you can get a 35mm for the M3 with the viewfinder adapter for $350 but a brand new M6 is $3000 and a new summicron M $1000.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I would like to know if I have done a (rather) good purchase.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I decided for the M2 because:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> 1- someday I'd like to buy a 35mm (H Cartier Bresson used to say that he never used the 135mm)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> 2- it was newer than the M3</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> 3- automatic film counter and self timer were not important for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I imagine that the discussion M2 vs M3 is as old as the cameras themselves but nontheless I'd like to receive your opinions about it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>1- is it true that the ideal body for the 50mm is the M3 due to the viewfinder</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>2- I know that the M2 was intended to be an economic version of the M3 but, that affected also the quality of the body or only the elements that were not included, etc</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>thank you and forgive me for my indian-like english</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Arq. Carlos Blanco </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com