Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17

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Subject: [Leica] special run 50mm 2.8 Elmar
From: leicaluvr at comcast.net (Tom Schofield)
Date: Mon Jan 17 11:05:45 2005
References: <9d.57435d95.2f1c65d7@aol.com> <00eb01c4fcaf$11ef5370$42ec4142@D1S9FY41>
 
Why not go one step further and ask about a run of 50mm 3.5 from the 
O-Series in LTM?  Erwin liked that one even better.  Looks like it might be 
smaller, too.

Tom Schofield

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] special run 50mm 2.8 Elmar


> I've just spoken with Roger Horn at Leica USA Northvale about a special 
> run of a LTM 50/2,8 Elmar. Roger told me that U.S. sales of the LTM 35 
> Summicron, 50 Summicron and 50 Summilux in 2000 and 2001 together totalled 
> around 100 pieces. He does not know what world-wide sales were. He agrees 
> that it  simply a matter of economics and is not sanguine that enough 
> sales at an acceptable price would make it so.
>
> I will email Stefan Daniuel at Solms to mention to him the interest on the 
> LUG but I am extremely doubtful that anything will come of this.
>
> Seth            LaK 9
>
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Replies: Reply from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] special run 50mm 2.8 Elmar)
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Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] special run 50mm 2.8 Elmar)