Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Arche, There is also a f3.5, I have one. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM, H. Ball Arche <h_arche at yahoo.com> wrote: > > This is the F2.8, check the link. > > > --- On Wed, 3/18/09, John Collier <jbcollier at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> From: John Collier <jbcollier at shaw.ca> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M3 plus Summilux and Summaron >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 8:58 PM >> Please remember that there was an M mount ?35 mm Summaron >> f3.5. The early version had no goggles, brought up the 50 mm >> framelines and was meant to be used with the SBLOO finder -- >> though you could just use the entire M3 finder. >> >> John >> On 18-Mar-09, at 6:53 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: >> >> > >> > 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... >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >