Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 2/35 Summicron
From: Michael Garmisa <kilemall@shell.excelsior.net>
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 12:15:08 -0400 (EDT)

On 17-May-98 Alfred Breull wrote:
snip
> If you speak about an 2/35 M Summicron, it dates from 1969, and 
> is a version 2, 6 elements, Gauss type, a little soft at lower
> f-stops when compared to version 4, the pre-asph one, but nice.
> The price is around USD 400, 450, at least in Germany. In the
> long run, you will be more pleased with a version 4 Summicron,
> specially wide open, price around USD 700, 800. If you like
> to have a look at my web sites: there are several pictures, b/w 
> and color, taken with that lens ("Canadian"). Additionally, I
> described this lens at length in the subjective lens report,
> part 5, published in the LUG April 10, 98.
snip

which versions of this lens if any had the goggles for use with an M3?  Same
quesion for the 1.4/35 summilux

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