[Leica] Places to look for used lenses?

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Gerald,
First, watch the for sale Friday ads here.  Sometimes one of us will
get a little crazy and sell something really good for not much money.

Second, I would recommend checking with Rich Pinto at Photo Village in
New York, Sam Shoshan at Classic Connection, Ritzcam.com,
kevinscameras.com  and KEH.com.  There are others but these are all
reliable honest brokers of used equipment.  Especially if you contact
them directly and request a specific list of lenses that are users
with clean glass you may get lucky.

Other than the obvious Summicrons also look at Summarons in 2.8 or 3.5
configuration.  The Canon Serenar 2.8's are very good lenses and can
be had pretty cheap.  Another alternative is the previous poster's
reference to the Voigtlander product line.  You may run across some
Fuji, Minolta, or Nikkors in your hunt.  If the glass is clean and the
price is right they are also good shooters

On 8/22/05, Gerald Homeyer <kd7olf@xmission.com> wrote:
> I'll start off with a brief re-introduction.  Currently a student, have
> a POS SL that although it has seen better days, takes great pictures
> still.  Although I mostly have been lurking here (since early 2003 or
> so), I finally managed to get a used M6 so I can finally get into the
> rangefinder world with something other than old Russian cameras.
>