Collapsible Summicron 50 (M3 D/S)

["Lucien_vD@compuserve.com" <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>]

Hans wrote:

>There is also an early collapsible 50 mm Summicron with this camera, tha=
t
I
>can get very cheap. There has not been much talk about this lens on the
>LUG. I have checked Lager, and he says that there might be differences
>between the front lenses compared with the rigid Summicron. But he does
not
>know for sure, as Leica officially never said there was any differences.=
 =

>But my question is simpler: Is there anyone on the LUG who have used thi=
s
>lens, and is it as good as the rigid Summicron?

The formula of the first rigid Summicron is different from the collapsibl=
e.
(Cfr article in Shutterbug +/- 2 years ago.)
They sayed the rigid was slightly better.
The main problem of the collapsible is the soft front lens.
A lot of them are scracht (?) or repolished (and not always recoated).

Lucien
BELGIUM