Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i think you can get a gen III summicron for less than than amount--gen III dates from 1980. personally, i think the gen III summicron is very nice, and the difference with the 90AA (i have both) is far less than, say, the 35 lux and 35 lux asph. - -rei On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 05:24:53PM -0400, John Black wrote: > Erik, that serial # is NOT a 10 year old lens! If correct, it would be from > 1977. > > The price seems a trifle high for todays' market. You should be able to find > one for 600-650 US$. > > JB > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik van der Meulen" <e.van.der.meulen@avondel.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:14 PM > Subject: [Leica] Summicron 90 advise > > > > Deal List - > > > > For a little while I have been looking for a Summicron-M 90 lens. I am > > fairly new to the Leica community and have an M6 with a Cron 35 ASPH. > > > > Now I have been offered a second hand 90 mm. Seller quotes it as about > > 10 years old, serial 2813884. Mechanical and optical 10, cosmetics 8,5. > > > > I do not know too much, but I assume that this is not the latest (and > > greatest?) type. > > > > Would be very pleased to receive any advice on the quality of this lens > > with respect to the newest models. Is it advisable to save a little more > > and buy the APO/ASPH 90mm? Also, that would be a reasonable offer for > > this lens? Asking price is EUR 750 (about USD 775 I think). > > > > Any thoughts much appreciated! > > > > -- > > Erik van der Meulen <e.van.der.meulen@avondel.com> > > -- > > 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 - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html