
During my staying in Lisbon I spent some good time in the streets, taking pictures of strangers and getting lost in a wonderful city. When my good friend Diogo told me about his Leica M2 I was thrilled. I played with a Leica M9 in the past, but never with an M2.
He gave me the camera equipped with a Voigtlander 35mm f2.5, a couple of rolls of Kodak Tri-X 400 and I was totally set. I have to confess that I had to cheat a little bit during this street session but I’ll explain to you later.
The first thing to do was to load the film. A bit tricky for a complete M2 virgin like me.
Loading the film

First thing you have to remove the bottom part of the camera and take out the spare roll.

Then you lock the film into the spare roll and you…