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John - are you referring to the 50mm Summicron which Leica released as

a limited production LTM lens in Japan a year ago? I've been searching

unsuccessfully for one of those for over eight months, and so has

Stephen Gandy. I've come to the conclusion that its virtually

unobtainable.

 

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If you know something different, fill me in!

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Dear all,

 

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I have seen the 50mm Summicron LTM together with one or two other LTM

lenses, such as the 35mm Summicron asph in silver, in Hong Kong. I

believe they are still available. Of the topic, I also came across a

Canadian 90/f1.0 Leica M-Mount lens! It is a huge lens indeed!

 

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Good shooting

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I'm sure you and Steve Gandy have looked, but its usually eminently

worth checking with Luigi Crescenzi of Leicatime (www.leicatime.com)

in Italy, if I may suggest so.

 

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In the Far East, the various Hong Kong shops always seem to have a

few rarities floating around-those guys are all networked and can

locate any item (at a price!) if there is an example in town.

 

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You may check with Kinefoto in Hong Kong, but I don't have a street

or web address for them. They are on Stanley Street in Hong Kong, if

you know of anyone going that way.

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No, contrary to popular belief, the LTM lenses are NOT identical to

the M ones in all respects. However they are mostly the same,

including optical formulas. I believe the 35 has a different (larger)

hood than the M version, and it's possible (though I cannot confirm)

that the LTM lenses focus only to 1 meter instead of 0.7 (or maybe

the barrel just isn't marked for 0.7) -- not sure what the real story

is there but if close focus is important to you, you might check it

out. I do know that on at least some M3's for example the rangefinder

will not focus closer than 1 meter. The lens might be able to,

however.

 

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. The optical formulas are the same, as are most other aspects of the

lenses, but

\they aren't identical.

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To anyone that has been looking for these LTM lenses, my new

Shutterbug magazine has just arrived and Tamarkin is selling the

following lenses at a reduced price:

 

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35mm Asph Summicron for $1299, 50mm Summicron for $849, 50mm Summilux

for $1399.

 

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All of these lenses are chrome and have the full USA passport

warranty. The prices represent a savings of between two to five

hundred Dollars from the list price.

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The 50mm Summicron LTM that arrived yesterday is physically identical

to the M-mount lens, excepting the absence of the little red index

dot (and the mount, of course).

 

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Amazing that these are selling for the same price as the M-mount

lenses. Now I suppose I should replace my 35mm Summicron-M with the

more versatile screw mount version as well.

 

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Between these and a couple of the Cosina/Voigtlander lenses, I've got

a critical mass of interchangeability between my M6 and IIIf, making

the IIIf a perfectly viable and small second body. I don't know if

this concept works for everyone, but I'm happy as a pig in mud.

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