Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi George, Correct. The store is wrong. Actually that n35/2.8 Summaron, if in good shape, is demanding a high price now. If I could find one at a good price I would buy one. Using the M3 viewfinder to approximate the 35mm view would only be a rough guess. The viewfinder shows more then a 35mm view. You could do some experimentation for an approximate view I guess. I find at about a 60 foot distance there would still be about 6 feet left on either side of what would be a 35mm view. I compared the M3 to the M2. The 50mm frame lines are identical in both cameras. Len On Mar 18, 2009, at 5:10 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > My guess - the store is wrong about "for the M3" > though as someone mentioned you could use it on the M3 with an > external shoe mount view finder. > Which means you focus through the range finder and frame through > the viewfinder (not idea but workable). > or > Perhaps someone could confirm how close the outside of the M3 range > finder window is to the 35 view > (been too long since I've held my M3 to remember if that may have > worked). > > In any case - the price is more than right (according to your > description) > to grab the package as a foundation kit and refine it as you go. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Leina Gonzalez wrote: > >> I hope that I have hit the correct reply button. Thanks all so >> much for your responses, re: just wait for the M2, excellent point >> and I've been waiting for many months to find a decent body and >> matching lens, I don't know what is going on but it seems that >> there are only super mint bodies or trashed bodies but not much in >> between. I've not only searched the auction site but camera shops, >> classifieds, ect. I'm in Europe, where have they all gone??? It >> isn't that I don't want an M3 (no complaints here) aside from the >> lack of a 35mm frame line, and potential viewfinder problems; but >> I did the M2 v. M3 question for a while and finally decided to try >> the M2. In the meantime I've learned that the Summaron is indeed >> the model that uses no goggles, but how that should work with the >> M3, I don't know. I found this link: https://www.leicashop.com/ >> vintage/summaron-2835mm-p-308.html it is the lens that I have been >> offered and the store here lists it as for the M3, does anyone >> have any experience with this? Maybe I am missing something here. >> And Chris, what do you mean by "it still pulls up the 50mm frame >> line"? Sorry for the question, still learning... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information