Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeremy Kime wrote: > > 35/3.5 Summaron, 50/2 Collapsible Summicron and 90/4 Collapsible Elmar. > The intrigue lies with the Summaron, it keys in the 50mm frame so you'd > think it was for the M3, but there are no goggles on it, nor any marks where > they could have been attached, the whole lens looks original, the frame > finder keying lug has not been re-worked at all. > The only thought I've had is that maybe early 35mm lenses for the M3 were > available before the goggles solution was invented? The frame line > illuminated was perhaps deemed irrelevant as the supplementary finder would > have been used. > > Any thoughts? Any sign of a factory-attached screw-to-bayonet converter ring? I have one on my 35mm Summicron-M built in Canada. Mike