Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/04
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In the 50's, Leitz also made a 50/2 Summicron in a Compur Shutter for
electronic flash. There wasn't much of a demand for these either and you
can pick one up today for around $10,000 at Christies Auction House.
Marvin
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Just as a note of trivia - Leitz did cater to the flash enthusiast at one
time
by making the Elmar lens in a Compur or Compound shutter with speeds
up to 1/300sec. From 1926 to 1941 - a total of 1,710 were made and are
worth around $10,000 each today.
There a photo of my Leitz Elmar #111,865 in a Compur Shutter on Jun
Nakajima's Leica Web site:
http://www.magicalights.co.jp/cgi-bin/leicaboardE.cgi?read=29
Marvin Moss