Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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