Help!!! Leica Film camera, which one to buy!!

E. von Hoegh · Mar 27, 2012

Pat Erson said:
"a classic M3 (double stroke, of course)"

The definition of a classic M3 is single stroke of course...

Nope. Some don't even consider the single-stroke a real M3. I had two double stroke M3s, to this day, I double-stroke my Nikon F and Nikkormat, it got that firmly planted in my muscle memory.

clayne · Mar 27, 2012

E. von Hoegh said:
Nope. Some don't even consider the single-stroke a real M3. I had two double stroke M3s, to this day, I double-stroke my Nikon F and Nikkormat, it got that firmly planted in my muscle memory.

Wow, both at the same time?

jazz · Mar 28, 2012

It's depend on your budget:
From Hi price to low " MP-M7-M6-M4P/M3...I skipped M5, sorry
M4P,M3,M2, no need battery but need hanheld metering

Good luck for your choice....

daleeman · Mar 28, 2012

Buy the first one you can lay your hands on. Now, Today!

It will not matter what model you buy because you will become infected with the Leica Zombie Virus and it will take over your entire mental ability to say NO. You will compelled to horde Leica after Leica from LTM to M's without meters to M's with meters.

Then wondering the streets as a full fledged Leica Zombie chewing on human flesh while documenting it on an M9.

There is no cure.

LouisG · Mar 30, 2012

I would go for a M4 or M2, but it doesn't really matter.

cliveh · Mar 30, 2012

For me the M2 with a 50mm 1.4 Summilux is the best machine in existance.

Architeuthis · Mar 31, 2012

+1
M3 or M2, the classics.

thomasw_ · Apr 2, 2012

I own 4 non-metered Ms and use them all regularly: the M2/M3/M4/M4-P. Of these, I'd start with the M4-P because you can obtain them at a price point within your budget and they give you the versatility of all the framelines in the VF from 28 to 135. The earlier brass top models have the more accurate 50mm framelines that the later M6/M7/MP (not MP-3) don't have. The M4-P is a workhorse camera and I have grown to love mine.

kivis · May 14, 2012

tourmania said:
Hi,

Thank you so much for all your advice, I would like to spend around $1000 and would use it to shoot street photography and landscape, I'm thinking a M3, any advice which is best?

The M3 is the holy grail of the M's. I was originally put off by it not having a meter. But I found it frees you.

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kivis · May 14, 2012

E. von Hoegh said:
Nope. Some don't even consider the single-stroke a real M3. I had two double stroke M3s, to this day, I double-stroke my Nikon F and Nikkormat, it got that firmly planted in my muscle memory.

Why? I have a single stroke. It rocks.

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Roger Hicks · May 19, 2012

Not an M3 for me, (a) because I like 35mm and (b) I don't like the weird round corners on the 50mm frame on the M3. Nor an M5 because I just don't like it, though i now there are many M5 addicts. On price, M2. On features, MP. Otherwise, whatever comes up at the right price, in good working order.

You might find http://www.rogerandfrances.com/subscription/leicaphilia.html useful, though it also mentions digital (you can always hold your nose and close one eye).

Cheers,

R.

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