Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just got back from a few days away where I found a trio of early M lenses for sale for a very cheap price, well, silly really! 35/3.5 Summaron, 50/2 Collapsible Summicron and 90/4 Collapsible Elmar. The intrigue lies with the Summaron, it keys in the 50mm frame so you'd think it was for the M3, but there are no goggles on it, nor any marks where they could have been attached, the whole lens looks original, the frame finder keying lug has not been re-worked at all. The only thought I've had is that maybe early 35mm lenses for the M3 were available before the goggles solution was invented? The frame line illuminated was perhaps deemed irrelevant as the supplementary finder would have been used. Any thoughts? Jem > -----Original Message----- > >