Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] Stranded on an island with 2 Lenses
From: "eric" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 22:09:16 -0500
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBCEKJDAAA.phong@doan-ltd.com>

agreed- many lenses have come in and out of my house (hell, it's fun) - but
the lenses I "truly own" are my 50mm summicron and 35mm ASPH summilux...

that would make an interesting thread..
If you were stranded on a tropical island and could only take two lenses...

Eric

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 9:36 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] For Sale Leica M3 and Lenses


> Eric,
>
> While I miss the 35mm Summicron spherical,
> I was fine letting go of the 35mm Summicron Asph,
> though sooner or later I will get one in LTM version.
> If anybody is thinking of selling his/hers, let me know.
>
> I didn't do so well when I let go of the 24mm Apsh,
> (but then you knew that - how many Luggers sold and
> then bought the same lens back from the buyer ?  LOL).
> I might have to let go of that lens again, as I don't
> use it often enough.
>
> Another lens that I sold that took me a while to get over
> is the 90mm Tele-Elmarit thin.  My sample was clean as
> a whistle, in looks and in performance.  I feel a lot better
> now that I have the Cosina Voigtlander 90mm Apo Lanthar.
> I like it much better than the Tele-Elmarit, and have it
> in LTM to boot.  At one point the 90mm was my favorite
> focal lens in Leica M, and I had used 4 different ones,
> including the Apsh Apo Summicron.  I have been seeing a bit
> wider lately, and seem to hover between 35mm and 50mm.
>
> The last lens I will let go will be the 35mm Summilux Asph.
> Next to last would be the lowly 50mm Summicron.  I had mine
> CLA by Gerry Smith at Kinderman in Toronto recently.  I like
> the 50mm Summicron so much I have the LTM version also,
> and learned to accept the 1m minimum focus distance, which
> was hard to do.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Phong
>
>
> eric wrote:
> > wow - sure you want to sell that 35mm asph? You'd have to pry mine from
my
> > cold dead hands first..
> > A friend loaned me Noctilux for a year - fun and interesting but
> > I was fine
> > with returning it after the year.
> >
> > Eric
>
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Replies: Reply from "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com> ([Leica] Re: Stranded on an island with 2 Lenses)
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