Re: [Leica] Another Puzzling Dilemma

["Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@email.msn.com>]

Jeremy,
Lucian's caution regarding cloudiness is well taken. Mine was quite milky
inside, and the problem is not seen by simply looking thorugh the lens. You
will see it all too clearly by shining a penlight through the lens at an
angle. It apparently has to do with the lubricants used at the time.
Cleaning fixes it. Also note that the Summaron does not bring up the 35mm
viewing lines in an M6. I don't know about other models.
Happy shooting.
Joe Stephenson
- -----Original Message-----
From: Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Another Puzzling Dilemma


>Jeremy Kime wrote:
>
>> The intrigue lies with the 35/3.5 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.
>
>Jeremy,
>
>It's exactly that.
>From 1954 to 1956-7 the Summaron 35 was made without goggles for the M3
>an was intended to be used with the SBLOO/12010 35mm viewfinder.
>Then in 1956 Leitz started production of the Goggles Summaron,
>and in 1957 of the M2 Summaron.
>(In 1957, the M2 was made at 200 ex.-first batch)
>
>Be sure to check the glass of the lenses with a lamp.
>Those lenses are known to be very often hazy.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Lucien