Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy >>I'd love one, but they ain't cheap! The 21 SA, actually, is one of my dream lenses.<< I owned a 21/4 SA. Sharp little lens, it was; but a pin-ball machine for light photons. Very prone to flare. I traded it in on a 21 ASPH. I wish the new 21 weren't so big. A 21/3.4 would be nice. I bought the 21/4 from a young woman who was selling her deceased father's estate. She sold me the lens and then said, "I think there's a little metal thingy I need to give you." She dug through a box and handed me a set of eyes for a DR Summicron. I explained what the eyes were. I happened to need a pair of DR eyes. The 21/4 was the last thing she had for sale (except for a Plaubel Makina which I should have bought as well). I offered to pay her for the eyes, but she gave them to me. To this day, I know there's someone out there with a DR Summicron trying to view in close range using a 21 metal finder. Dave