Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Any comments on the 35/2 Summicron with eyes? Local store just took one in...the aperture won't open to f2 (hits something solid at 2.8) so maybe there's a deal to be had. No cleaning marks, little bit of dust inside. At 11:43 AM 12/7/2001, you wrote: >The point about size and weight a is something you may want to consider. > >I had the version before the ASPH and had terrible problems with the paint >falling off the diaphragm blades. Berore you buy check the condition of >the inner lens surfaces just as carefully as the front and back surfaces. >To do this place the lens on a light box and look at the surfaces using a >loupe or a magnifying glass. This is the only way I know that will allow >your eyes to focus on the inner surfaces. >I bought mine in near mint condition, and it was obviously almost unused, >but a year of heavy use was too much for the paint. So what looks clean, >may turn into a disaster. Mine was cleaned, not by Leica, but they never >managed to get it properly put back together again. The dealer who sold >and repaired it took it back at the price paid plus repair cost when I >bought one of his demonstrator ASPHs. As others have said, if you want >sharp pictures at full aperture (and have a steady hand and good >processing technique, if you use b+w), that is the lens to get, otherwise >it is a matter of taste, more than of money > >Chris > > >>The last version of the 35/2 made before the Asph version is a wonderful >>lens. Absolutely without peer in the middle apertures and almost as good as >>the Asph wide open. An added bonus is that it is smaller and lighter as >>well. I would have kept mine if only it had gone to f/1.4. >> >>John Collier >> >>35/2 fourth version was made from 1979 to 1997. Approximate serial no. range >>is 2 970 xxx to 3 731 200. >> >>> From: imagecom@EUnet.yu >>> >>> I am thinking of buying a 35mm lens for my M6. I donot want to get an >>> ASPH lens because it is too expensive. Since leica has many versions >>> of it, in F2.0 power, which one is the best (the latest one before >>> the ASPH???) or an earlier model? >> > >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >-- >Christer Almqvist >D 20255 Hamburg and / or >F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html AAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html