Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Curt Miller wrote: > I owned and loved the first (8 element) 35 Summicron that we're talking= > about here. Any other anecdotes about the various 35 Summicrons > and their imaging qualities? = Danny Gonzalez wrote: >On a related note, how do you eyeball the difference between the current= >Summicron and the version that preceded it? I saw a Canadian Summicron recently, >is a Canadian origin the telltale sign? = LUGers, Do you agree that there are five different computations for the Summicron= 35/2 ? 1958-1969 Chrome (some black) Germany (some Canada) = 1969-1973 Black - Canada (some Germany) Computation publicized 1973-1979 Black - Canada - No new computation publicized, but glasses loo= k really different. 1979-1997 Black (rare Chrome) - Canada then Black and Chrome - Germany . Computation publicized. 1997-? Black and Chrome ASPH. Germany Computation publicized. Lucien BELGIUM