Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/06

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Subject: [Leica] WTB: LTM current summicron
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Fri Jan 6 08:13:49 2006
References: <20060106154139.99704.qmail@web50115.mail.yahoo.com>

I was hoping for user but that seems unlikely; too bad as I am going  
to use it. I would prefer a current 50/2.8 in LTM but I have not been  
able to get enough people together for a group buy. We would need a  
100 or so and I only ever got replies from about 8.

John Collier

On 6-Jan-06, at 8:41 AM, Bob Haight wrote:

> John, I got the 50mm last year on ebay. I looked for
> about a year and finally found one which sold before I
> could get it. Then another came on a week later when
> the later seller found out what the lenses are now
> worth. I had had the 35mm but it was just too heavy
> and obscured the viewfinder on the IIIg so I sold it.
> To give an idea of the market, I bought the 35 on ebay
> for $800 and sold it less that a year out for $1400
> (and probably gave it away). These lenses are very
> hard to get which is interesting, since the dealer's
> had a tough time moving them here in the US when new.
> Good luck in your search. Bob Haight--- John Collier
> <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Looking for a current 50 Summicron in LTM.

In reply to: Message from rhaightjr at yahoo.com (Bob Haight) ([Leica] WTB: LTM current summicron)