Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been following this thread with interest not least because I observed here a few years ago - when Ricoh etc LTM lenses started to become available - how nice it would be to have modern Leitz ones. Happily I now have a new 50mm Summicron for my IIIG! But modern Leitz lenses have got bigger and intrude too much into the viewfinder of pre M cameras. However, a LTM collapsible Elmar would make a lot of sense - the combination of a collapsible Elmar on a screw thread is very hard to beat as a compact camera, and it is a curious lens to have re-issued in an M mount. Last thought on this is to note that early 35mm Summicrons for M (11308) are to quote Lager (Illustrated Guide III, p14) "occasionally encountered with a factory-fitted screw to bayonet adapter held in position by a tiny screw. Removal of the adapter shows that this type of bayonet-mount Summicron is actually built on a screw-mount ... chassis." Regards, Richard Setchim London