Cosina's mechanical M-mount Voigtlander rangefinder — the Bessa-R2M, manual cloth shutter, TTL meter, 2004.
The Voigtlander Bessa-R2M is a 35mm rangefinder made by Cosina under the revived Voigtlander name, released in 2004. It is the fully mechanical member of the second-generation M-mount Bessa line, the manual-shutter counterpart to the aperture-priority R2A.
It is a 35mm coupled-rangefinder camera using the Leica M bayonet mount, with a combined rangefinder-viewfinder and projected bright-line frames. It uses a mechanical cloth focal-plane shutter with manual exposure only and a built-in TTL meter with LED readout. The mechanical shutter fires without a battery; only the meter needs power.
The all-mechanical shutter makes the R2M attractive to photographers who want a modern M-mount body that keeps working with a flat battery, suiting reportage, travel and street shooting where dependability matters. Its manual operation and wide M-mount lens compatibility make it a straightforward, controllable rangefinder.
Check the rangefinder patch for contrast and accurate vertical and horizontal alignment, and inspect the finder for haze affecting the bright-line frames. Confirm the TTL meter and LED display respond and that battery contacts are clean; the cloth shutter should fire cleanly at all speeds and continues to work with a dead battery. As a recent body, meter and mechanics should be fully functional.