Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don All M2's had preview levers. Later ones had self timer. Push button rewind was of two types; hold down throughout rewind, or pus down and it stays down by itself during rewind. Factory could convert from button to lever rewind , or add M4 type loading or add self timer. Jerry Don Dory wrote: > Jerry, > The LR stands for lever rewind, just as in current M's. The M2 started > out as a cheaper alternative to the M3 and had a few cost saving items > such as a non resetting film counter, a push button you had to hold down > to rewind film, and no lever to preview different frame lines. Without > knowing the serial number sequence you can get some sense of the age on > an M2 by the combination of features. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > Don > > What is an "M2 LR"? > > Jerry > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html