RE: [Leica] Canadian lenses

["Ian Stanley" <stanley@loxinfo.co.th>]

Hello Herbert,

	If in fact the lens cap you require for your lens is a 14043 let me know
and I'll send one along to you free of charge.  I found one last year up in
Ayuthaya.

Cheers,

Ian

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Collier
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:03 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Canadian lenses

I assume your lens is not the latest version asph lens. If so your lens hood
is a 12524 and you can use the asph model's hood cap (14043). The asph
model's hood (12526) is exactly the same as yours but the two catches that
hold the hood cap on are more pronounced and "sharper" for a better grip on
the hood cap. You can order the hood cap separately but if you order the
hood it comes with a cap.

The price that collectors will pay can be more for a limited production of a
certain lens. The last few years of the non-asph 35/2 were supposedly
manufactured in Germany, but, only if you have a mint lens. Certain M models
were made in limited numbers in Canada and these get a premium if they are
in collectable condition. In the collectors world it is not location,
location, location; but, numbers, numbers, numbers.

John Collier

> From: Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org>
>
> I bought a 35 mm Summicron labeled "Canada."  It was about half the
> price of current models.  In general, the lenses made in Canada,
> e.g., 90 mm Summicron, appear to be somewhat cheaper than others.
> Are these lenses inferior, and, if so, in what respects?
>
> The other question:  I have a rectangular hood that clips onto the
> lens.  That is, there are two buttons that, when depressed, cause
> some pawls to withdraw.  These pawls snap into recesses in the lens
> mount.  The question is: is a hood cap available for this hood?
>