Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/27/00 7:04:04 AM, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: << Generally the Summicron is only slightly more expensive than the Elmar, but if you like collapsable 50's this is the one to get. (I really wish they would make one in LTM so I could put it on my IIIG...) >> Collapsible 50mm Summicrons were available for the LTM in the 50s and early 60s. I bought a new IIIF with a collapsible Summicron in 1954 for the stratospheric price of $254. My very early M3, serial # 702xxx, also had a collapsible Summicron but in a bayonet mount. LarryZ