Peter, did you buy the M2? It looks gorgeous. As you know, I bought an M3, but agonized over the M2.
Yes George, this is my new camera. It’s in very nice condition. Waiting for a Voigt 40 to match it with.
Enjoy it Peter and happy to read you’re back. I look forward to seeing your work.
Thanks George. Not back yet, just laying the groundwork.
Had mine out this morning with a roll of Portra400 in it and a Zeiss 35 f2. Such a beautiful viewfinder and mechanical work of art. I did add a voigtlander meter to the top of mine. Mines a 1958.
The Zeiss 35/2 always seems to render beautifully on film.
Yea, I’m pretty new to film, I entered the Leica black hole though a 240 (not your favorite I know 🙂 ), so looking forward to getting the roll processed. Really love the simplicity of the M2 though, the voigt lightmeter really enhances it’s usability for someone like me, still learning film.
With respect to determining exposure, I still consult the light meter app on my phone quite regularly, unless I’m in familiar environments where I know the light quite well.
Peter, you ever tried the Rokkor 40/2? I personally prefer it to the V 40/1.4 Looking fwd to seeing your output from this camera, esspecially the colours 😉
Thanks jh, I haven’t tried the Rokkor 40/2 (or the Leica variant), but I find that f/1.4 is necessary in Toronto, as the light is quite diminished during the winter (which lasts a long time…).
Having said that, I’ve seen some head-to-head comparisons between the Voigt 40/1.4 and the 40/2 (it takes a little searching on the web to find them) and the Voigt will either match or exceed the Minolta/Leica 40/2 in performance. And it’s available brand new, for less $.
Where the Minolta/Leica 40/2 has an advantage is in its size: it’s smaller.
Prosophos 
Peter, did you buy the M2? It looks gorgeous. As you know, I bought an M3, but agonized over the M2.
Yes George, this is my new camera. It’s in very nice condition. Waiting for a Voigt 40 to match it with.
Enjoy it Peter and happy to read you’re back. I look forward to seeing your work.
Thanks George. Not back yet, just laying the groundwork.
Had mine out this morning with a roll of Portra400 in it and a Zeiss 35 f2. Such a beautiful viewfinder and mechanical work of art. I did add a voigtlander meter to the top of mine. Mines a 1958.
The Zeiss 35/2 always seems to render beautifully on film.
Yea, I’m pretty new to film, I entered the Leica black hole though a 240 (not your favorite I know 🙂 ), so looking forward to getting the roll processed. Really love the simplicity of the M2 though, the voigt lightmeter really enhances it’s usability for someone like me, still learning film.
I look forward to your photos!
LOL, I’ve seen plenty of great photos taken with the M240 (as long as you can overlook the TomatoFace™ skin tones https://prosophos.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/prosophos-tomato-face.jpg 😉 )…
With respect to determining exposure, I still consult the light meter app on my phone quite regularly, unless I’m in familiar environments where I know the light quite well.
Peter, you ever tried the Rokkor 40/2? I personally prefer it to the V 40/1.4 Looking fwd to seeing your output from this camera, esspecially the colours 😉
Thanks jh, I haven’t tried the Rokkor 40/2 (or the Leica variant), but I find that f/1.4 is necessary in Toronto, as the light is quite diminished during the winter (which lasts a long time…).
Having said that, I’ve seen some head-to-head comparisons between the Voigt 40/1.4 and the 40/2 (it takes a little searching on the web to find them) and the Voigt will either match or exceed the Minolta/Leica 40/2 in performance. And it’s available brand new, for less $.
Where the Minolta/Leica 40/2 has an advantage is in its size: it’s smaller.