Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:12 PM 13/1/98 EST, you wrote: >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. > Yes, this about sums up the feelings of many of us who have used the 21 Avenon. It is not the same toting the 21 Avenon on a leica M6 as compared to the 21 SA. Maybe it's just a psychological thing. Dan K.