Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine - from 1982 - does have the M. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 07. elokuuta 2000 4:13 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Summicrons, M and others >Most new M lenses have -M after their nominal maximum aperture name. Most >older M lenses do not. The latest 50/2 apparently does while the previous >version of the 50/2, same optics and different mount, does not. Big deal. It >means absolutely nothing; or, perhaps even less than that. Best to check >with B.D. :-) > >John Collier > >> From: "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@marinternet.com> >>> >>> someone else wrote: >>> >>> . Technically, the lens is evidently not a Summicron-M but a >>> Summicron, and you might suggest to the seller that it should fetch a lower >>> price, if it has been advertised as the M model. >> >> ........................... >> >> Which brings up a question I have. What is the difference between a >> Summicron and a Summicron M? I have a 35/2 Summicron in M mount s/n 2324***. >> Erwim P's site has a page describing characteristics of M lenses and that >> number is called a Summicron - M on his page, but, not on my lens. Wie >> gehtz? >> >