Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] Calling all Summarex owners/users
From: corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst)
Date: Fri Jul 29 09:57:59 2005
References: <e597ce1754.e1754e597c@shaw.ca> <20050729011619.90753.qmail@web33811.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <ceb1a56505072906076f3e2c4f@mail.gmail.com> <p06230901bf0fdc67c062@[193.203.146.22]> <42EA4A42.40500@summaventures.com>

Peter and I wrote:

>>Hi all.
>>
>>As some of you will recall, I acquired a very nice 85/1.5 Summarex 
>>last year, and am very pleased with its performance.
>>
>>See my pages at:
>>
>>http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/summarex1.html
>>
>>I'm thinking of writing an article on the lens for LHSA Viewfinder, 
>>and thought it would be interesting to find out how many Summarexes 
>>are out there still in use, or even in collector's cupboards 
>>(closets?)
>>
>>If you're a user and/or collector, please email me off list with 
>>your impressions. The lens serial number would be useful too.
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>Alex
>>
>Impressive Alex, proves that you CAN do a lot with LTM cameras. What 
>is the lens cap in Tom's picture, it doesn't look period?

Looks like a filter to me. I have the Summarex cap as well, which 
fits over the reversed hood.

>
>Now all I have to do is find one at a proce that I can afford!
>

As I say on my pages, good ones are very hard to find, and they ain't 
cheap either. Good hunting!

Best

Alex
-- 
Alex & Carmel Hurst
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Near Cork
Ireland

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In reply to: Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] 35mm Non Leica LTM Lens Recomendations?)
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Message from langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer) ([Leica] 35mm Non Leica LTM Lens Recomendations?)
Message from corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst) ([Leica] Calling all Summarex owners/users)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Calling all Summarex owners/users)