Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi all. As some of you may recall, I recently acquired an 85/1.5 Summarex in what looked like fine condition, but it didn't seem to be coupling properly to any of my bodies. So on a recent visit to the UK, I diverted via the lovely county of Herefordshire to drop it in personally to Malcolm Taylor, the well-known Leica wizard. He pronounced it a good example, but said that the glass needed a good clean-up as well as the cam needing adjustment. BTW, he had no less than four other examples of this lens in for overhaul, including a rare early black one. On the way back to Ireland, I diverted again to pick the lens up, and now have an example with sparkling elements and a cam which now couples perfectly both with LTM and M bodies. Great service from a great guy, and very reasonably priced too. I've now left a 50/1.5 Summarit with him for the same treatment. Now I'm looking forward to seeing what this huge chunk of glass can do...... Also BTW, I will at long last be posting details of my Cork dealer's Leica collection this coming Friday. There's a lot of interesting stuff, both LTM and M, so if you're in acquisitive mood, watch out for the post. Best Alex -- Alex Hurst Waterfall Nr. Cork Ireland Tel: +353 214 543 328 (H) +353 214 270 907 (W) Fax: +353 214 271 248 email: corkflor@iol.ie Also: corkflor.2@virgin.net (when in the UK, which isn't often) Home website: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/ Business website: http://www.corkflorists.com/ Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) public key available at: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 ID: 0x5BB72019