Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Everything Joe said is absolutely correct....however, I'd like to add an exception.....I don't advocate buying from a "criminal" dealer i.e., back alleys etc. >BUT< Buying from an "ignorant" dealer may be an advantage! Many year before Ritz/Wolf etc. "mass merchandiser" dealers came to Dallas, Tx., there was "Barry's" ---the AE-1/cheap-korean-zoom champion of the area.......you know, pimply-faced 18 year olds working on commission/spiffs on the latest "hot" (i.e., high profit) photo widget...... I went in one day, and noticed a "Minolta" 28 2.8 in the used case.....$125.....you guessed it, a MINT CLE 28 with rear cap AND hood!! And as an amazing coincidenct, later went in the same store, and purchased a 28 3.5 Canon "enlarging" lens for a whopping $75!!!...after rooting in the junk, found a finder for the "enlarging" lens, which the guy threw in for $5..... God, I wish they were still in business with that staff...... Cheers, Walt On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Joe Stephenson wrote: > A couple of points re the 35 Sumicrons. First, $600-700 may be a fair price > for a lens made in 1967 because it is not the latest version of the > nonaspherical lens. This is from Erwin's page. As I said, later lenses from > the 1980's are worth nearer to $900. Also anyone considering any 35mm Leica > lens owes it to themselves to consult Erwin's page. > Finally, Mr. Garmisa (see his following post), if you have not learned the > advantage of dealing and working with top people with solid reputations, > nothing I can say will be helpful. > Sincerely, > Joe Stephenson > > > At 07:56 PM 1/6/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I am going to show my iggorance here! > >Mike- when you say '35 Summicron RF' are you referring to any Summicron for > >rangefinder Leicas, or to a particular model of M? > >I got a chrome 35 Summicron for my M3, clean and in the bubble for 650USD > >and felt like it was a good deal- lens dates from about '67 according to > >mark, but looked like new to me! > >Sounded like Phong hit it pretty much right on. > >Dan > >dwpost@msn.com > > > RF means that it is a lens with goggles or spectacles taht convert the 50mm > frameline into a frameline that will cover the field of view of a 35mm > lens. The summilux, summicron, summaron 3.5 and summaron 2.8 were made in > RF versions. They were meant for use on the M3 (it does not ahve a 35 > frameline) but as I understand, will work on any of the M series bodies. > -- > Michael Garmisa <elmar@nyct.net> > > >