Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Robert, > >What is an M2X? > >Best Regards, > >Lee > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Sproul <sproul@sc.edu> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Date: Tuesday, November 11, 1997 03:20 >Subject: RollCall > > >>Robert Sproul >>Columbia, South Carolina >>47 years old officially >>MS Physics >>I have been involved with photography since the early sixties. I bought my >>first used Leica, a IIIf in about 1965 and traded up to a new M2X in 1967. >>I still use this M2X very regularly. I have been a LHSA member since 1994 >>and have learned a great deal from the "Viewfinder" and from this list. I >>also have the following equipment which I use as much as possible: >> >>M4 >>M2 >>M2X >>R4S >>IIIA >> >>50 f/2.0 Summar >>35 f/2.8 Summaron >>50 DR Summicron >>50 Summicron >>90 Summicron >>90 Elmarit >>135 Elmar >>60 Macro Elmarit >>100 Macro Elmar >>200 f/4.0 Telyt >>A lot of other accessories too numerous to mention. I shoot a lot of slide >>film, mostly E100S and E100SW. I'm frequently asked to photograph social >>functions such as reunions, etc. and I tend to use Fuji 200 or Kodacolor >>200 for these. >>I have not done any B&W work since about 1975, but I'm trying to get back >>into it and back into the darkroom, of course. >> >> M2X was a "catalogue only" designation for an M2 without a selftimer. Contrary to popular belief, these were produced and sold concurrently with M2's until 1968. Robert