Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/11

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Subject: Re: RollCall
From: Robert Sproul <sproul@sc.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:41:37 -0500

>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