Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ben I am interested in the Summaron 35/3.5 - please advise condition of the glass Thanks Joseph Low - --- BenMarks@aol.com wrote: > This is the 2004 liquidate-for-digital sale. Sigh. I have never > been happy about selling a camera, but I think it is probably the > best way to finance a digital SLR purchase later this year. I have > tried to used KEH’s ratings (and a discount off of their prices) > as a basis for the quotes below. All of this is equipment that I > have used, but not much in the last year. The stuff that remains > unsold will head to the-site-which-shall-not-be-named. All > purchases will be with a 10-day money-back guarantee and purchaser > will pay actual shipping & insurance costs. Checks from active > LUGgers are fine. Money orders are also ok. > > Leica IIIa s/n 3102xx in brown leather case which shows some wear. > Good condition, but definitely a user. Rangefinder and shutter > accurate. I will throw in a 5cm Summitar s/n 681656 with a Leitz SL > filter and a chrome cap. The glass is in ok shape but shows a > little haze on the inside of the rear group. This lens came to me > with the camera and its barrel shows a two hairline cracks in the > brass barrel where an overzealous repair person overtightened the > set-screw. The set up fits in a coat pocket and is a nice > carry-around package. $250. > > Leica III s/n 2441Xxx. Good condition, but definitely a user. > Rangefinder and shutter accurate – the shutter sounds nice and > solid at one second. This camera is missing the little collar that > goes around the shutter release. Does not affect functioning. > $200. > > Leica CL s/n 13156xx with 40mm Summicron-C s/n 25636xx, rubber hood > and lenscap. Ex. condition. Lens shows cleaning marks on rear > element, and shows a little internal haze under a strong flashlight > but performs well. This camera is very clean and mechanically in > great shape. Rubber shade is supple. There is a small amount of > paint wear on the strap-lugs and at the bottom of the plate on which > the lensmount sits. Rangefinder is clean and sharp but has a small > (2mm) extra yellow mark viable above and outside the framelines. > $675. > > Leica CL s/n 13332xx with 40mm Summicron-C s/n 26763xx, no rubber > hood, no lenscap. Ex. condition. Lens shows cleaning marks on rear > element, but performs great. This camera is very clean and > mechanically in great shape. Rangefinder is clean and sharp. There > is some paint wear on the edges and corners of the camera $625. > > Leica 35/3.5 Summaron screw-mount. s/n 8877xx with chrome > set-screw filter holder. Chrome Leica front cap. A nice user. > $150. > > Leica 35/2 Summicron black (Leitz Canada) s/n 23167xx with focusing > tab, non-matching chrome front cap, rear cap and black vented shade > 12504. Lens has good glass, but has been used and has some cleaning > marks on the front element. Paint shows bright marks on barrel > edges and the vented shade has a small flat spot/ding, but works > fine. This lens performs well, but I really like the current ASPH > offering and am not using this enough to justify keeping it. $425. > > > Contax G2 s/n 04706xx. Comes with original box, body cap, battery > and manual. The camera has pretty durable finish, but shows some > bright marks on the back. Mechanically and optically perfect. This > is a hard one to part with because I love the 45/2 lens, but the > truth is I just reach for the M’s before I use this one. Purchase > with one of the lenses below and take 10% off the price of the lens. > $500. > > Contax G1 s/n 1024xx. Comes with original box, body cap, battery > and manual. This is the version of the G1 which was factory > modified to work with the Planar 35/2. Mechanically and optically > perfect. Purchase with one of the lenses below and take 10% off the > price of the lens. $300. > > Zeiss 45/2 Planar s/n 75608xx in G-mount for use with the Contax G1 > or G2 with hood and lens caps. I say lens caps because a convenient > fact about the lenshood on this lens is that a 57mm Schneider large > format lens cap will fit snugly (and cheaply) over the hood. > Optically and mechanically perfect. $200. > > Zeiss 35/2 Planar s/n 80571xx in G-mount for use with the Contax G1 > or G2 with box and caps. Optically and mechanically perfect. $175. > > Zeiss 90/2.8 Sonnar s/n 79117xx in G-mount for use with the Contax > G1 or G2 with hood and lens cap which fits over the hood. A > convenient fact about this lenshood is that a 57mm Schneider large > format lens cap will fit snugly (and cheaply) over the hood. > Optically and mechanically perfect. $175. > > Contax flash TLA200. Small unit gives TTL Flash with the G1 or G2 > $100. > > Zone-VI modified analogue Pentax 1 degree spot meter. S/n 1324xx. > This analogue meter has the Zone-VI mods to the sensors and baffles. > I have found it very accurate, but have replaced it with a Minolta > VI, which combines several of the functions that I need. $300. > > Pentax LX s/n 52354xx with FA-1 finder. Well used. I know. I know. > Why would anyone on the LUG want this camera? Because it is > rock-solid as the day I purchased it, even though the paint shows > some wear. Everything works. But, I just never reach for it > anymore. I like Leica glass more than Pentax glass. $250 or best > offer. I also have a small passel of Pentax screw mount lenses > including a nice 35/2 in a case and one Pentax 42 > threadmount-to-bayonet adapter if anyone is susceptible to that sort > of thing. > > > Thanks in advance. > > Ben Marks > benmarks-at-aol-dot-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