[Leica] enlarging lens serial number

[brad at bradbrad.com (brad daly)]

bingo, don.  i mounted it on my M6 and was able to screw it off.  so it 
is an LTM lens with a converter.

thanks very much for the clarification.  i am, as always, impressed by 
your knowledge of leica history.

--brad


On 1 Feb 2005, at 6:01 AM, Don Dory wrote:

> Feli and Brad,
> Leica made a few LTM Summarits with the Taylor, Taylor, and Hobson
> imprint in the late 40's as the English patent still had life in it in
> the U.S.  In collectible shape, such a lens is worth quite a bit.  A
> couple of years ago, they were selling in the high $500's.
>
> Brad, I suspect that there is a LTM-M converter screwed on the lens.
> Look at the M mount and see if there is a grub screw locking the M
> mount; if you do not see one then mount the lens on an M and attempt to
> unscrew in the normal direction.  It should come off fairly easily
> unless someone went crazy with locktite.
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
>
>
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>
> On Jan 31, 2005, at 11:17 PM, brad daly wrote:
>
>> this lens is a bayonet lens.  was it possibly an LTM lens modified by
>> someone to fit M?  it has taylor, taylor, and hobson engraved on the
>> barrel.
>>
>> --brad
>
> Really? Sounds like a Xenon with a screwmount adapter. Actually that's
> a reasonably
> rare lens. Probably made before World War II. Did it come with a 
> camera?
>
> Go to http://www.kevincameras.com/
>
> category:  ?Leica SM Len
>
> Does it look like the first lens on page 4? (50/1.5 Xenon)
>
>
> feli
>
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