Thanks Jim. I found a Leica lens site. It supports your opinion. However, it also gives fairly high grades to the Summitar. I may go that way if I can get a good price. The site is at http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmlens.htm Paul
Jim Apilado wrote: > > 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 :-) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > > > >
