Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<snip> > > So, with Rei we're past the half-dozen. This is one lens I'll be > bringing to Wetzlar with me. > > It's good to know they're out there. I've seen so many horrendous > examples at equally horrendous prices in the UK - mostly the front > element looks like it's been wire-wooled or they have bad fungus, but > then the glass is reputed to be pretty soft. The glass isn't soft I hear, it's the early single coating that is so fragile. It's also what gives the lens (and others of this age) their distinctive B&W signature. > > Out of interest, anyone using the original black one? I have a Cannon Sumarex clone in black and silver, but my Summarex is a postwar chrome. Of interest is it's serial # (7323XX) that makes it a 1949 lens (Hove) but it shows unmistakable signs of having a LTM/M adapter glued on somewhere in the 50's probably. I have heard that quite a few of the unsold LTM high end lenses from the late 40's and 50's were returned unsold from dealers and factory upgraded to M with an adapter glued or installed with a grub screw. This one came to me without the adapter but in removing it, the chrome came with it and the mounting surface had to be smoothed back down. This is why I got it for a reasonable price with shade, caps, case and finder. The coating is in good shape. JB