Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My little reference book indicates that both the 50mm Summicron and 50mm Summar were made in both rigid and collapsible styles. The Summar was a screw mount only lens, while the Summicron was made in both styles in both mounts. I don't have a rigid/collapsible breakdown on the Summar, but the rigid screw mount Summicron is very rare (just over a thousand made, compared with almost 58,000 collapsible screw mount models) and is usually priced accordingly. There was also a collapsible 90mm Elmar made in bayonet mount only. Cheers, Kip Bud Cook wrote: > It could be either. It generally refers to the non-collapsible 50mm > Summicron that replaced the collapsible Summicron. I suppose the vast > majority of the Rigid Summicrons are bayonet mounts but I believe some were > available in thread mounts as well. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ebert Steele" <k5cad@prodigy.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 8:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rigid mount lens > > > > > Can someone tell me, when a Leitz lens is referred to as a "rigid > > mount" does that mean that it is a screw mount or bayonet mount?