[Leica] Leica M3 plus Summilux and Summaron

[chehl at comcast.net (Charles Hehl)]

Leina,

The Summaron works fine on the M3 with a 35mm brightline finder mounted in 
the hotshoe spot.  I use my Summaron on both Leica screwmount  and M cameras 
with the brightline finder...works great.

Charles Hehl
Pottstown, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leina Gonzalez" <gonzalel at online.de>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M3 plus Summilux and Summaron


>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...
>
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