I'm in the process of hunting down a Summicrom 5cm. They are fairly common. The IIIg seems to be quite rare and expensive. My Russian clone has a copy of an Elmar 5/3.5. That's a collapsible lens as well. The Russian clone is actually pretty good at f8 and smaller. Paul
Jim Apilado wrote: > > My favorite screw mount Leica is the IIIg, the last model. It came with > the Summicron collaspsible 5cm lens that really made the camera pockable. > Another neat screw mount I have is a Yashica YF. It is similar to the > M-Leicas but has the old rotating shutter selector and the screw mount. When > the Japanese came out with the modern screw mount cameras I regretted > selling some of my old screw mount lenses. > > Jim A. > > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 15:48:08 +0000 > > To: Pentax Discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: OT: Leica Lust > > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:48:45 -0500 > > > > Some of you may remember that I bought a Russian Leica Clone at a camera > > flea market last week. I really like the feel of that thing. I had a > > Nikon rangefinder 25 years ago and loved it dearly, but it had been a > > long time since I had held an RF camera. Well, the Russian clone won me > > over and today I bought a CIII screwmount Leica. Nice toy for a fairly > > modest investment. It's here: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2913669167&category=30030 > > Paul > > (Not ready for the Leica list :-) > > > >
