Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Graham, in the unlikely event that you may be ready now to consider a Summaron, there is one on eBay, item #7531652637, a screw-mount example that looks to be in very good condition indeed. I bid on it low-ball, thinking I might "steal" it (I am eleitzsummicron). It is currently at $199.US. Don't know if you also use a screw-mount Leica; if so, this lens would be particularlty useful, if not, an adapter puts it on your M2 or M6 (easier as you do not need a 35mm VF). Really good, clean bayonet Summarons have been going above $500. and screw-mounts another $100-150 above that. Be aware that some early lenses were built as screw-mount lenses and the factory installed LTM-to-M adapters, securing them with a tiny grub screw through the edge of the adapter and into the back flange of the lens. When buying an early example, a screw-mount lens that left the factory as an M lens and later had the factory-installed adapter removed will show the little hole into which the grub screw fit. A "true" screw-mount lens will have no such hole. The difference is nil to a photographer but the value in the marketplace of the "true" screw-mount lens is higher. More than you wanted to know! Seth