I let the dream slide for a while and went about shooting with my other setups. Piles of garbage that needed work were still selling for $1200+.
My problem was that I wasn’t willing to spend the $$$$ that an M3DS in good working order goes for in Canada. But hey, everyone loves a blurry toned vignette frame, right? I gave that body back to my buddy and went on the hunt. Of course, having never shot with a collapsible lens before, I sure as shit had 3-4 frames from my first roll where I didn’t extend the lens. This time it was a sweet M3 double stroke and 50mm 3.5 collapsible lens. The only real problem was that I didn’t actually enjoy shooting it… Enter my second Leica experience. I loved the look of the F and had wanted one forever. I went back to just shooting my RZ and my Nikon F. That being said, I loved the experience, but at the time I just couldn’t justify the costs. I could see trying to swap film out in a hurry for certain things and having that little spool fuck-off down the sidewalk or table as it slips out of my hands. I didn’t however, enjoy that stupid little take-up spool. I had only used a handful of rangefinders prior to this.
I used it for a couple shoots, and really liked the feel of the camera. The first Leica I tried was an M2 with the Voigtlander Nokton f/1.5. I don’t have the experience with Leica that many others do, but I do have some pretty killer friends that leant me a few different setups. It was a departure from the “perfect” design and operation of the M3 *cough, cough… stupid take up spool. Loved to be hated almost as much as the M5, the Leica M4-2 might still be considered the redheaded stepchild of Leica.
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