Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Buzzz That's right! Be the first kid on your block to own one. Pay more than list price for that privilege. They are counting on your kind to do that. But remember, that once you open the box, or worse, use the camera to take pictures, the value plummets. So keep the box sealed! Jerry Buzz Hausner wrote: > Sounds an awful lot like the 50mm Summicron I bought back in the > eighties. It' is good, though, to see the clip on hood's return, maybe > Leica will make this a standard feature again. Nonetheless, I am > certain that they will find at least 1,000 people to buy this pooch...I > wonder at what price it will settle on e-Bay? Upon reflection, I must > concede that it could be the next "O-Serie." I for one will unroll my > sleeping bag outside New England Photo (it gets down circa zero over > night in Arlington, Massachusetts) from this weekend until the first > units are delivered to be sure to get a desirable number. > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Kit > McChesney | Acmefoto > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:26 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] "The 50-Year Summicron" Leica commemorative Summicron-M > 50mm f/2 > > Dear Lug'ers-- > > I am happy to bring some exciting news to you from Leica USA, from > President > Roger Horn: > > "I am very pleased to announce the introduction of the M 50mm f/2.0 50 > Year > Summicron. > > After 50 years of history-making breakthroughs, we would like to pay > homage > to this famous lens construction and offer a special series of 1000 > pieces > of the "50 Year Summicron" 50mm f/2 lens. > > The anniversary version of the LEICA SUMMICRON-M 50mm f/2.0 comes in an > exclusive box with an embossed print of the technical detail of the lens > and > is supplied with a clip-on type metal hood in the classic design, a > protection against stray light as well as possible mechanical damage. > The > lens is delivered with a metal lens cap with an embossing of the Leica > logo; > also included is a plastic lens cap as well, also embossed with the > Leica > logo. > > The anniversary lenses are delivered with a hand-signed certificate by > both > corporate executives of Leica AG, Mr. Hanns-Peter Cohn, CEO, and Mr. > Ralf > Coenen, COO. > > History: > > Back in the mid-twenties, the standard aperture for a 50mm lens was 3.5. > It > was only in 1933 that a team of optic designers led by Max Berek could > present a lens twice as fast as the old standard: the Summar 50mm f/2. > The > optical performance of this kind of lens was enhanced with the launch of > the > Summitar 50mm f/2 in 1939, but it was not until 1953 that Leitz could > present the unanimously acclaimed first modern lens, the Summicron 50mm > f/2. > This breakthrough in optical performance was possible thanks to progress > in > optical calculation, but also thanks to major progress in the field of > glassmaking, namely the "Schwerkron" Glass which could boast a uniquely > high > refraction index. The name Summicron was chosen as a tribute to this > kind of > glass, later known as LaK9. The Summicron construction itself also has a > rich history and the actual version of this high performance lens is the > fourth generation and the result of Leica's goal to provide a high > contrast > lens providing equally excellent results in all apertures. > > The prices for the lens is $1600 USD retail, $1400 USD MAP (minimum > advertised price.) Delivery on these lenses will begin in mid-February > 2003, > and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis." > > Thank you! > > Kit McChesney > -- > acmefoto | acme online sales, inc > post office box 777 | louisville, colorado 80027 usa > www.acmefoto.com | kitmc@acmefoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html