Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I had the same feeling as you did. I love the look of the DR and really wanted it to work on the M8. I couldn't find a junker like what you're looking for so I bought a BGN from KEH. I paid a little more then what I wanted to but when I got it it was beautiful. It works exactly the way I want. Now I'm happy. I've also noticed that since the M8 came out there are a lot of DR's for sale now, and very few chrome rigids. The price should start coming down. Good Luck. Len On Nov 2, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Peter Klein wrote: > Wanted to Buy: > > Does anyone have a DR Summicron with missing, broken, or otherwise > unusable glass? If so, would you be willing to sell it to me for a > reasonable price? You can keep the lens head. Appearance doesn't > matter as long as the mount works well. > > WHY: The DR Summicron is one of my favorite lenses. > Unfortunately, it can't be used on the M8 without cutting off the > close-focus cam. I would rather not do that to the original mount. > So I am hoping to pick up a second compatible mount that I could > get "altered" for the M8. > > What also might work: A Rigid Summicron mount whose original lens > head had the number "19" scratched somewhere on the black inner > barrel (only visible if you unscrew the lens head). This would > probably work without alteration. But given conflicting information > I've received about compatibility, I'd want to try a Rigid mount > before committing to buy it. > > Yes, I know I could sell my DR and buy a Rigid, but would rather > not. Yes, I've been watching That Auction Site. > > Thanks! > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information