Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 20:47 25/01/99 PST, "Hoyen ~simontart~" wrote : I just purchased a Leica 50mm Summicron-R lens from someone on this list. I had sent out a wanted ad for a "3-cam Summicron R German" and this person responded with "I have a 3-cam Summicron R ROM for R8." So I assumed this person knew what he was talking about and sent away the money. When the lens arrived, I discovered that it was a ROM lens indeed, but 3rd cam only. So although I could use the lens on any R camera, the critical second cam for coupling to my Leicaflex SL was missing. ########## Your wanted ad was ambiguous : ""3-cam Summicron R German" means (for me, as a french reader) : third cam and not : triple cam as you thought.And moreover there are no "german" triple cam summicron 50 (retrofitted lenses excepted). All were made in Canada.So you got swindled. Dominique Pellissier