Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A 35mm for the M2
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:58:38 -0600
 
Could you please direct us to where we can buy Canadian produced Leica
lenses at half the "regular" price?

JBC

> From: Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org>
> 
> I bought a 35mm Summicron from KEH for about $800.  It was made in
> Canada.  About what year would that have been?  My guess is the
> "fifties."
> 
> I will be shopping for a 90mm sooner or later.  Again, I see that the
> "Canada" Summicrons are about half the price of the German lenses.
> Are they not as good, or is this just a "collector" phenomenon?
> 
> While I'm soliciting opinions, what are the relative merits of an old
> f2 90mm Summicron and an f2.8 90mm Elmarit?
>