Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leitz vs. Voigtländer
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:59:08 -0700
References: <392D256B.13175CB1@french-rogers.com>

>At 9:06 AM -0400 5/25/0, Kurt Miska wrote:
>> The
>>price difference is, of course, staggering. A new 35/2 Summicron (black)
>>runs $2445 vs. $479 for a new Ultron. That’s over five times as much,
>>based on Tamarkin’s website.
>>
>
>$2445 for a 35 Summicron? That can't be correct. I recently bought one new
>in LTM chrome for less than $1700.
>
>Ken Wilcox


it isn't.

kurt, are you sure you weren't looking at the price of the summilux?

guy

p.s. if you're willing to ebay it, you should be able to pick up a pre-asph
summicron 35 for about $800-$900...

In reply to: Message from Kurt Miska <k.miska@french-rogers.com> ([Leica] Leitz vs. Voigtländer)