Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, Bill, just a tiny set screw. As you may imagine, I must have mistakenly hit the wrong button; the message for Graham was intended to be off-list. Sorry all. :-( Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Smith" <wrs111445@yahoo.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:35/2,8 Summaron-grub screw? > "grub screw" is that a "set screw"? You need an Allen wrench to R/R? > > Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> wrote: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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >