[Leica] Re:35/2,8 Summaron

[geebee at geebeephoto.com (GeeBee)]

Seth,

It is a beautiful lens but a little early :-) Thanks for the info I have
filed it for possible future use.

--Graham

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: 20 July 2005 21:36
Subject: [Leica] Re:35/2,8 Summaron


> Graham, in the unlikely event that you may be ready now to consider a
> Summaron, there is one on eBay, item #7531652637, a screw-mount example
that
> looks to be in very good condition indeed. I bid on it low-ball, thinking
I
> might "steal" it (I am eleitzsummicron). It is currently at $199.US. Don't
> know if you also use a screw-mount Leica; if so, this lens would be
> particularlty useful, if not, an adapter puts it on your M2 or M6 (easier
as
> you do not need a 35mm VF).
>
> Really good, clean bayonet Summarons have been going above $500. and
> screw-mounts another $100-150 above that.
>
> Be aware that some early lenses were built as screw-mount lenses and the
> factory installed LTM-to-M adapters, securing them with a tiny grub screw
> through the edge of the adapter and into the back flange of the lens. When
> buying an early example, a screw-mount lens that left the factory as an M
> lens and later had the factory-installed adapter removed will show the
> little hole into which the grub screw fit. A "true" screw-mount lens will
> have no such hole.
>
> The difference is nil to a photographer but the value in the marketplace
of
> the "true" screw-mount lens is higher.
>
> More than you wanted to know!
>
> Seth
>
>
>
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