Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or reconsider: you could get exactly the same lens sans close focusing for about the same price. Sell the DR Summicron and get the non-DR rigid version. The former easily finds a new home. J -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 6:56 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] FW:Re: 50 Summilux Thanks, Peter! That's a good suggestion which I will consider. Tina On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > > Tina: > I also have a Dual-Range Summicron. I sent it to DAG, who ground off > the close-focus cam (the one used with the "eyes." I think it cost > $80. So now it fits on my M8 and should fit on any other digital M. I sold the eyes.. > So now I have a lens I can use on my digital M instead of a lens I can > only use when I shoot film, which I don't. > > For a while I thought it was wrong to defile such an elegant > mechanical object. Then I decided: Lenses are to be used. Food for thought. > > ------------- > Tina wrote: > Yes, the Noctilux is my only practical 50. I have a Summicron that > has the eyes, but I don't think that fits on anything current. I > probably use my > > > > Peter, from my phone with tiny keys > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information