Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My guess - the store is wrong about "for the M3" though as someone mentioned you could use it on the M3 with an external shoe mount view finder. Which means you focus through the range finder and frame through the viewfinder (not idea but workable). or Perhaps someone could confirm how close the outside of the M3 range finder window is to the 35 view (been too long since I've held my M3 to remember if that may have worked). In any case - the price is more than right (according to your description) to grab the package as a foundation kit and refine it as you go. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Leina Gonzalez wrote: > 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