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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Summicrons, M and others
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 18:26:00 +0200

Mine - from 1982 - does have the M.
All the best!
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Lähettäjä: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 07. elokuuta 2000 4:13
Aihe: Re: [Leica] Summicrons, M and others


>Most new M lenses have -M after their nominal maximum aperture name. Most
>older M lenses do not. The latest 50/2 apparently does while the previous
>version of the 50/2, same optics and different mount, does not. Big deal. It
>means absolutely nothing; or, perhaps even less than that. Best to check
>with B.D. :-)
>
>John Collier
>
>> From: "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@marinternet.com>
>>>
>>> someone else wrote:
>>> 
>>> .  Technically, the lens is evidently not a Summicron-M but a
>>> Summicron, and you might suggest to the seller that it should fetch a lower
>>> price, if it has been advertised as the M model.
>> 
>> ...........................
>> 
>> Which brings up a question I have. What is the difference between a
>> Summicron and a Summicron M? I have a 35/2 Summicron in M mount s/n 2324***.
>> Erwim P's site has a page describing characteristics of M lenses and that
>> number is called a Summicron - M on his page, but, not on my lens. Wie
>> gehtz?
>>
>