Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IMO $250 is on the high side. For that money it should have no internal haze, no cleaning marks on the coating (it is coated isn't it?) and the focus mount silky smooth. A $100 CLA will clean haze, make the focus silky but do nothing about cleaning marks. If it needs a CLA IMO the value drops to about $100. They can be good shooters but the barndoor shade a bit much. Also they take Summitar filters, or you have to find the rare adapter for Summitar to E39 thread. Another thing to think about is at that price you are getting close to new Voiglander glass. Dennis Oliver Bryk wrote: > I an a camera shop in San Francisco, an authorized Leica dealer, I saw today > a 50mm LTM collapsible Summitar. At first glance it looked to be in > excellent condition, without any blemish on the blue coating. The dealer > wants $250 for this lens including the big boxy folding lens shade. Does > this seem reasonable? What potential problems should one be able to > identify? > TIA, Oliver Bryk > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html