Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Screwmount lens questions
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:25:45 -0400

At 05:09 PM 7/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I am thinking, maybe about buying a second 35mm "knockabout" lens. I have
>seen screwmount 35mm/3.5 Summarons for sale, but are there any M mount
>35mm/2.8 Summarons (no eyes) around? 

Yes.

>Are they rare in M mount? 

No and much less expensive in M than LTM.
Don

> Is any one using
>screwmount 35mm's from say around 1954 or 55 daily  and liking them? 

Not DAILY but I use my IIf and IIIf often. For 35mm I use a Summaron or
Nikkor f.25.

>And
>can you still get a decent shade for them. 

I'm not sure which lens you are asking about here. I use the easy to find
FOOKH on the Summaron as well as on the Nikkor.

Ken Wilcox
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