Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Simon, any 48mm filter will work...and yes, they were made in fairly good numbers, but obviously not as many as the non-preset version...I had a silver canadian one for years, super lens, but sold it to buy the much smaller and equally good mid-90s summicron... also a great lens...and still heavy!!!.....but not as bulky.... Walt On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Simon Stevens wrote: > I have a couple of questions for the more historically-knowledgeable > members of the list (which I certainly am not.) I have a 90mm f2 > Summicron SSN 2203xxx. It's one of the larger black Canadian models with > 2 stage collapsable hood, tripod mount and detachable head. The optical > quality is very nice indeed with a (to me) lovely bokeh. I have seen > several similar lenses from roughly the same time period (I belive it's > from the late sixties) but I have never come accross an identical one. > Mine has a preset ring in addition to the regular aperture ring. None of > the others I have ever come across, or seen pictures of, has this > additional control which obviously makes it ideal for viso use. > > Stephen Gandy's site mentions that all of the 90's were made in > relatively low numbers, but how common or unusual is this version with > the pre-set? > > A second question is more about use. The filter diameter seems to be > 48mm. Is this standard pitch? B+W seem to make filters in this size but > I'd like to know before ordering any whether they would fit. > > Thanks! > > Simon Stevens > >