Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
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Since the Summaron is the non-goggle type, take this deal - its a good one.
Like I said, you can turn over the M3 and get an M2 and be ahead of the
game. The M2 summarons usually go for something above US$800, and you said
this one is minty.
--- On Wed, 3/18/09, Leina Gonzalez <gonzalel at online.de> wrote:
> From: Leina Gonzalez <gonzalel at online.de>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M3 plus Summilux and Summaron
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 3:50 PM
> 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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