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Subject: [Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat Sep 16 00:39:32 2006
References: <7BE4E0F9-73E0-4275-8E89-8E19DB20CE02@shaw.ca> <004001c6d920$40583020$6401a8c0@xyw>

Yep, and many of the 35mm and 50mm LTM lenses ended up languishing on 
dealer shelves and were finally sold off with LTM-M adapters at cut 
prices--that is how I bought my 50mm Summilux.

Nathan

A. Lal wrote:
> Don't feel too bad John.
>
> Back in the 20th century, when Leica  announced the 35 & 50 mm lenses 
> in screw mount - 1999, IIRC - I  tried to get together a group buy on 
> a 90 mm screw mount Elmarit M. I think I only got 10 or so responses.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, 15 September, 2006 6:33 PM
> Subject: [Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project
>
>
>> A year or so ago I asked for punters to sign up for an LTM version 
>> of  the current 50/2.8M. As the number of people signing up has  
>> dramatically tapered off, and the total is only seven, I think it is  
>> safe to say,
>>
>>  "It isn't going to happen!!"
>>
>> I am deleting the list of names as this will free up valuable bytes :-)
>>
>> John Collier
>>
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