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View Poll Results: How many Leica M bodies do you have?
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17.27% |
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29.02% |
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25.10% |
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13.05% |
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Vickko is offline
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Canada
Age: 53
Posts: 2,363
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M9, M6-2000, Ke-7a
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#27
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packin' light
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Assen, The Netherlands
Age: 42
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Chrome and battered M2, black paint non-original M3.
They team up with 2 Nikkormats, 1 newly-acquired Nikon F, a Nikon D3100, a Yashica Mat124G and a Horseman 842 Convertible.
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#28
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Brian Legge is offline
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Location: Seattle, WA
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I am perpetually considering an M2. An M4 would be great but... if I can't justify the price of an M2 yet... difficult to consider something even more expensive. 
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#29
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seakayaker1 is offline
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 1,182
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Leica MP & M9 bodies . . . . .
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besk is offline
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: South Carolina (USA)
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I've had over the years two M2's and 2 M6's. But now concentrate on my IIIf RD.
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#31
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Vics is offline
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: California, USA
Posts: 2,353
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One M3 with Coll 'cron and 2.8 Summaron (goggles)
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Leica M3, Contax IIIa, Rollei MX, Nikon F and FM
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Texsport is offline
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 229
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Only a single M3, but 3 Texas Leicas.
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Location: West Coast
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Does the M5 still count as an M if doesn't count as it's "Too big", "too ugly", "not classic", "not traditional", "just a chunk and has little visual appeal", "two strap lugs on one side" and "Ugly brutalist styling"?
If not, then just one M in my inventory.
8-)
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#34
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yadong110 is offline
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: China
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2 M3
1 M2
1 M4-2
1 M6
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#35
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Olympus E-M5/Nikon FE
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Location: Camby, Indiana
Age: 59
Posts: 2,219
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ZERO
Had an M5, but my eye aren't cooperating with MF (unless I have a magnified view like my Panny G3 has),
So I sold it and got a Contax G1 with a 45mm f/2.
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jcrutcher is offline
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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18. Right now they are a better investment than stocks and bonds.
M1
2 x M2
M3 DS
M3 SS
M4
M4-2
M4-P
M5 black
M5 chrome
M6
M6ttl
M7 chrome
M7 black
M8
MP
M9
M9-P
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... likes film.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: 調布市
Age: 47
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M7, M4-2, M4-P. The M4-P is out of reach since dislocated so I have 2 Ms that I use (regularly) |
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#38
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Location: NYC
Age: 45
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M8.2 and a Zeiss Ikon ZM.
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SciAggie is offline
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Location: Texas
Age: 51
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I have an M3 & M4 chrome and a black M7 & M8.
I enjoy and use them all regularly except for the M3 - it needs a CLA.
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Olympus E-M5/Nikon FE
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Location: Camby, Indiana
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Just saw a Black Paint M6 TTL Millennium on Ebay.... $3700... New, with all
the paperwork...
Like you getting one of each version....
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Originally Posted by jcrutcher
18. Right now they are a better investment than stocks and bonds.
M1
2 x M2
M3 DS
M3 SS
M4
M4-2
M4-P
M5 black
M5 chrome
M6
M6ttl
M7 chrome
M7 black
M8
MP
M9
M9-P
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sparrow6224 is offline
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Location: New York NY
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I got me a IIIf first; then a M2; then a CL; then a M4-P. Like 'em. Sold the Nikon s2 (it needed work); sold the Bessa R2 (great camera but didn't need it anymore); kept the Contax IIa because the pre-war 50/1.5 Sonnar is just exceptional; and kept the Canon P because even though I never use it anymore I keep meaning to as I like it a lot. Recently switched the IIIf bd for a red dial with self timer. Shall be selling a bunch of stuff to pay back the $$$.
Now here's a question: it seems to me Leica folks, or good rangefinder folks, if they have SLR equipment, go for Olympus or Nikon. I just sold my whole Olympus collection to keep feeding my Nikon head: F, F2 (both plain prism) and F3 HP, plus the magnificent F100. Any other Nikonistas among you all who've been commenting here? If not, what's your favorite SLR?
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FrankS is offline
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Location: Great White North
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Yep: RF is my passion, but I'm invested most in Nikon and Olympus in the SLR world.
A Nikon F, several F2's, several F3's, an F4, F100, several Nikkormats, a coulpe of FG's, as well as several OM1's, a couple of OM2's, and an OM4. (OM4 for sale in RFF classifieds)
Then there are the medium format cameras.
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Richard G is offline
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Three.
M2 for 35 years,
M6 for 15 years,
M5 for 1 year.
All Chrome.
Had M4 1985-86 till stolen.
Had M4-2 black 1986-1996 till traded for the M6.
Not too many I don't think. I wouldn't want to lose my M2 but i don't baby it. I'd take the M6 hiking. I use the M5 for theatre and lectures and use it for most things at the moment. It has 400 ISO black and white in it mostly. The M6 has 100 ISO colour, currently Ektar. The M2 backs up and often has Rollei Retro 100 in it. I like going out with two cameras and not changing lenses if I can help it.
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StillKicking is offline
Join Date: Oct 2009
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2 X M3
1 X M2
Obviously I need more.. a M5 maybe..
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M3, M9, Rolleiflex 3.5 B and Rolleicord II
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taskoni is online now
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I have 1 x M2 in my possession, my second (backup) body was presented to my older son.
Now I am looking for another M2...
Regards,
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the only peice of gear that says leica on it (that i own) is a beautiful ball head.
no cameras at all...though i have owned a new m4-p and a used m3 over the years.
i have been considering getting a film body and it makes more sense to get a leica so that my current lenses would work on it. i shoot with an rd1s now.
what would i get?
an m2 and use my lovely 40 sonnar on it or another m4-p...a bit of nostalgia there.
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rodt16s is offline
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wiltshire UK
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M2 (x2) ('58)
M3 ('57)
M4 ('67)
MDa ('72)
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Roger Hicks is offline
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Location: Aquitaine
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Five. I used to have six, but that's too many. Actually, so is 5. Two film, two digi is the ideal. Why would I want more?
Cheers,
R.
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Steinberg2010 is offline
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M5 and M3 - Unfortunately the M5 is in the repair shop at the moment as the shutter speed dial jammed... 
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Roger Hicks is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sparrow6224
Now here's a question: it seems to me Leica folks, or good rangefinder folks, if they have SLR equipment, go for Olympus or Nikon. I just sold my whole Olympus collection to keep feeding my Nikon head: F, F2 (both plain prism) and F3 HP, plus the magnificent F100. Any other Nikonistas among you all who've been commenting here? If not, what's your favorite SLR?
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Yeah... Five Fs, two black, three chrome, all plain prism. I keep thinking I ought to sell three of them and just keep one black, one chrome, but the hassle of selling them is too great. Oh: and a couple of Nikkormats.
Cheers,
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