Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I quite sure it is discontinued in thread mount, not in M mount. Ken Wilcox At 10:56 PM +0800 4/24/02, WK Wong wrote: >Ken, > >Are you sure that the 35mm ASPH (11879/11882)Summicron is discontinued? What >repalces it? > >Frank W. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ken Wilcox" <klw.51@comcast.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Cc: "Edward Caliguri" <caliguri@ma.ultranet.com> >Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:35 PM >Subject: [Leica] Re: Info on 50 F/2.0 collapsible > > >> Assuming the IIg and Summicron are in good working order you won't >> find a nicer combination of compactness and quality in the LTM >> camera. The body has all of the refinements of the famed IIIf and a >> better viewfinder. >> >> The Summicron is excellent although not quite as nice as the current >> one. A good "go with" for this camera is the recently discontinued >> 35mm ASPH Summicron in LTM. Look around and you can probably find one >> still new. >> >> Ken Wilcox >> >> >> At 9:16 AM -0400 4/24/02, Edward Caliguri wrote: >> >-Hi! >> > >> > I have been given to 'evaluate' for a friend an older IIIg screw >mount >> >with a collapsible 50/f2.0 Leitz Sumicron lens (I assume it was the last >> >before the rigid was made)---- I don't know much (anything really!) about >> >the Leica screw mount lenses, however. Does anyone know about this lens, >and >> >where I can find some information on it? It's in great shape with an >> >original hood and all - almost perfect! I'm going to try it on my M6 >with >> >an adapter just to see what it can do! >> >Thanks very much! >> > >> >EC >> > >> >caliguri@ma.ultranet.com >> > >> >-- >> >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> >> -- >> _____________________ >> Ken Wilcox >> klw.51 at comcast.net >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- _____________________ Ken Wilcox klw.51 at comcast.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html