  We present CCD BVI photometry of the intermediate age open cluster Pismis 2,
covering from the brighter red giants to about 5 magnitudes below the main
sequence turn-off. The cluster is heavily reddened and is possibly affected by
a differential reddening of Delta E(B-V) ~= 0.04-0.06.
  Using the synthetic Colour - Magnitude Diagram method, we estimate in a
self-consistent way distance modulus, (n-M)0 ~= 12.5-12.7, and age ~= 1.1-1.2
Gyr. The cluster probably contains a significant fraction of binary systems.
The metallicity is most likely solar and the reddening E(B-V) ranges between
1.26 and 1.32 depending on the cluster region.
