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Subject: [Leica] M2 questions
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Thu Feb 3 09:29:57 2005
References: <20050203161815.35174.qmail@web20023.mail.yahoo.com>

I had an M2 and an M6.   I sold the M6 because I like the M2 finder so much 
more.   And I've got a 28mm lens!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Der Eiserne Reiter" <ferider@yahoo.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: [Leica] M2 questions


> List,
>
> having only used Bessa R and IIIc rangefinders before, I finally gave in 
> and bought an M, i.e. a
> used 65 M2. I have read that the M2 viewfinder can be modified to an M6 
> viewfinder. Does anybody
> have experience with this and can you suggest somebody to do this 
> conversion ? Also, I really am
> only interested in the additional 28mm frame. Since the M2 has .72 
> magnification, it should be
> possible to have a 28mm view (about 3x the 90mm frame) without the frame. 
> Is this practical (The
> camera is still in the mail) ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roland Ruehl.
>
>
>
>
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