Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 2 1966-96(serie VII) (slight improvement, maybe coating only): > - Black chrome = 11870 Canada and Germany (Solms) > (focusing levers:early types with infinity lock, later don't) > 1966-74 (serie VII): > - Black RF for M3 = 11871 Canada > 1992-96 (serie VII): Michael Garmisa wrote: >How much better is the newer vesions of these lense, >not the asp but the ones right before >(I assume they are better) >I don't think i would be happy using a separate veiwfinder >so the goggles seem to be the only way to go, perhaps if >the difference is significant as I imagine >(athough the summilux supposedly hasn't changed that much, >finding one in good condition might be hard) The second version (1966-96) is less prone to flare, as far as I know, but to find that version with goggles (1966-74) will be a difficult task, but not impossible. Good luck, Lucien