Mine's one of these, 1983 according to the s/n. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/35mm_f/1.4_Summilux_II
Lovely little lens. The hood is a 12504; not difficult to find, but absurdly pricey. The guy in the shop said that you can get perfect copies on ebay, so I'll take a look sometime and put the original in a bank vault to pay for my pension. B > On 11 Jul 2016, at 19:14, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some bits do cost an inordinate amount of money, while others are amazingly > reasonable. Most extreme case I've run into was my ca 1959-1960 Hektor > 135/4.5: the lens cost me $175 in near mint condition, but finding the > correct cap and lens hood for it was nearly another $90. So much for a couple > of little bits of plastic. > > Which 35/1.4 do you have? I have a 1972 version 2.. I don't recall the hood > as being horridly difficult to find or terribly expensive. I think I got the > hood from EBay. (BTW: I love this lens! It's the original Walter Mandler > design, very small and light for its speed, and has the most beautiful > rendering qualities—very adjustable with the aperture as well. I had it coded > for the six-bit reader so the M-D recognizes it and assigns the right profile > automatically.) > > I'll look in on your new set of photos shortly. :-) > > G > > > >> On Jul 11, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Here are some more shots trying out different types of subject, taken today, >> getting used to the camera. It's much more enjoyable to use than the M8. >> >> http://www.web-options.com/T262b/ >> >> B >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bob W-PDML [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, 11 July, 2016 3:48 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: First 24x36 digital >>> >>> Thanks. Glad to hear you bought the MD, and looking forward to seeing what >>> you do with it. >>> >>> I'm mooching around central London today, taking snaps in more traditional >>> London light, more accurately rain at the time of writing. I thought about >>> the >>> MD while chimping, and decided that it would be nice not to have the >>> temptation there. >>> >>> I popped into the Leica pushers earlier to see if I could get a decent >>> replacement for the 35/1.4 hood. It turns out that even in battered >>> condition >>> like mine they are very sought after, so I guess I'll get my blacksmith to >>> beat it >>> back into shape. Typical Leica. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
