I believe the Summicron is the best. Many of the early Leitz lenses were not coated so this is something to look for. When I attend swap meets I rarely see any screw mount Leica stuff, especially lenses. I heard, once, that many Leica collectors in Japan have purchased a lot of the good stuff. I like rangefinder photography.
Jim A. > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 07:37:08 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Leica Lust > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 07:37:48 -0500 > > Nice. Everything was a lot cheaper back then. I bought a Nikon SP2 > rangefinder for $75 in the early seventies. By the way, the lens I'm > currently looking at is a Leitz Summitar. I notice I've seen Leitz > Elmar, Summicron, and Summitar 5 cm lenses in fifties vintage screw > mount. Do you know which is generally considered superior? > Paul > > Jim Apilado wrote: >> >> I got interested in Leicas back in the late Sixties when I saw a man at >> wedding pull a small camera from his pocket that had a collapsible lens. It >> was a Leica IIIf. Back then Leicas could be had for a steal. I found one >> for sale for $90 that included a 5cm Elmar lens and a 35mm Nikkor lens in >> screw mount. >> At a swap meet I attended today, Saturday, a dealer had several Leica >> clones from the old Soviet Union. I have one FED Russian Leica. For awhile >> I sought out Leica copies, like Canons, and Niccas. >> A couple of years ago I was able to handle some really rare Leicas, namely a >> dial Compur shutter Leica and a Leica 250. The owner let me look at his >> treasure trove when he noticed I was using a Leica M2 to photograph a >> wedding. >> >> Jim A. >> >>> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 23:05:45 +0000 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: OT: Leica Lust >>> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:06:22 -0500 >>> >>> 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=300 >>>>> 30 >>>>> Paul >>>>> (Not ready for the Leica list :-) >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > >
