Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote: > I think I have one, but I am not shure: scalloped focussing barrel, > evenly aperture click stops, #2124856 (made 1965, according to the list > in Laney's book), but definietly with rotating lens mount and it sticks > just a little bit at both ends of the focussing range. And my sample > absolutely looks like the one shown in Laney's book! I however can not > compare it to an other Elmar 90 and I don't use it much. What is the > approximate value? Lenses are clean, but the barrel has some minor signs > of use. Laney says at the time it was only 10% cheaper (list price) than > the 2.8 which consequently limted demand. > > Hans-Peter Hans-Peter, as far as I remember, the lens mount of the 3 Element Elmar was a non rotating mount. However I may be wrong, I only borrowed it for a short time. I don't think, Leitz would have made a rotating lens mount at the time when this lens was released. Especially, when the 135mm Hector was by then in a non rotating mount. If they did, they should bow their heads in shame. But if yours is definitely a 3 Element Elmar then I stand Corrected since my lens head serial number is just below yours. It is 2123845. Maybe I am getting old. Regards, Horst Schmidt