Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > -- > 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