FS: M2 Chrome, Ser#926014 - Exc $750

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Selling one M2 chrome body, serial# 926014 (button release, no self-timer version). The rangefinder is bright and clear; all framelines intact. The shutter speeds are accurate. Beautiful vulcanite, 100% - no patches. The chrome top has the usual brightmarks from install/removal of light meter (not included) and strap marks. The base plate has very light scratches and a light ding on side/edge adjacent tripod mount. Minor paint wear on back door (lower corners) and around eyepiece.

Included with body: - Lieca body cap; - Original plastic plugs for PC and flash bulb connections; - One film take-up spool; - "Full Instructions" for M2; - "Instructions in Brief" for M2; - "Advanced Instructions Book" for M2; and - "Bull's Eye Exposure Readings" for MR.

Beautiful chocolate brown ER case WITH original box also available for $50.

Price: $750 without case; $800 with case. Shipping extra. Payment by Paypal preferred; money orders also accepted. Selling to help buy an M6.

Feel free to ask questions. Photos available. Please see "grgabo" on eBay for my feedback profile.

-- Gil Gabo (gilgabo@yahoo.com), May 22, 2002

Answers



-- Gil Gabo (gilgabo@yahoo.com), May 26, 2002.

Gil, I don't know if you're aware, but M2 production started at SN 926001, which would make your camera only the 14th M2 produced for public sale. It does not have several of the very early features described by Lager (eg., lack of protective ring around button release and presence of flat frame illumination window llike that of the M3). This could be a random event or the window could have been replaced when the camera was sent in for servicing. In either event. it is an extremely early camera, and thus of some historical interest.

-- Eliot (erosen@lij.edu), May 26, 2002.

M2 HAS BEEN SOLD! Thanks kbcamera.com! Also thanks to Eliot Rosen for his input and advice!

-- Gil Gabo (gilgabo@yahoo.com), May 26, 2002.

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