Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This lens is available only as a screw-mount with an adaptor. (It's sold under the Bower name through a number of sources for about $800 including a really nice all-metal finder). It's no match for any of the Leica 21's, but it has a couple of advantages. One, it will fit the screw-mount bodies and I believe it holds its own optically against the older LTM lenses. Two, you can't buy any Leica 21 plus a finder for $800 unless they're in horrible shape and not worth shooting with. However, I would expect that if you wanted to sell it later, it might be worth substantially less; while if you bought a Leica 21 used, you might very well sell it later at no loss, making it the better bargain despite its higher initial cost.