Summicron 90mm

[specpro]

Found one for second hand for about USD 1000 minty condition. Is it worth it?

 

[Mountainsmith]

depends on which version is it, is it pre ASPH?

 

[specpro]

yes it's pre asph

 

[35mmdelux]

pre-asp is worth $800 (USD) tops for a "minty" copy. I wouldn't pay more than $750.

EDIT: http://www.antiquecameras.net/leicamlenses.html

 

[specpro]

thanks for the tip

thanks for the tip

any idea where i can find one for that price?

 

[benmacphoto]

KEH has a 90 Summicron type III in EX condition for $789. That should be in very nice shape

 

[Krosya]

pre-asp is worth $800 (USD) tops for a "minty" copy. I wouldn't pay more than $750.

EDIT: http://www.antiquecameras.net/leicamlenses.html

I'm not sure that prices at the site you post are acurate - well, at least not for all lenses - some seem to be higher in real life nowdays.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I'm not sure that prices at the site you post are acurate - well, at least not for all lenses - some seem to be higher in real life nowdays.

Yes but you're ignoring the flavour. I've never encountered a 'minty' lens though my CamCanes smell quite strongly of vanilla.

Funnily enough $1000 is (from memory, increasingly fallible) about what I paid for my new 90 Summicron about 25 years ago. Not bad depreciation!

Cheers,

R.

 

[JNewell]

Adjust for inflation and you will probably be less pleased?

 

[tbarker13]

If it truly is in mint condition, that may not be an awful price. But it doesn't sound like a bargain by any stretch. Does it have the orginal box, caps, etc.? Is it the latest pre-asph version?

I bought one a month ago from KEH Camera. Paid a little over $700. The glass is perfect, but the body does show a bit of wear. Not ugly, but it is no beauty queen.

You might look at Igor's Camera Exchange. He always seems to have 90 summicrons for decent prices. http://igorcamera.com/leica_lenses.htm

 

[borntoshoot]

late model, pre-asph, mint- just sold for $ 825...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-M6-Summic...nses?hash=item20ac8ad467&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

BTS

 

[Roger Hicks]

Adjust for inflation and you will probably be less pleased?

Adjust for what I could get for it (?$750) and divide the difference by 25 and it's $10 a year or maybe 50 pence per month. For that matter, divide $1000 by 25 and it's $40 a year, or £2 a month. Either way I'm not complaining.

Tashi delek,

R.

 

[specpro]

Lens test: 90mm summarit vs summicron

Lens test: 90mm summarit vs summicron

Granted these aren't the most well executed shots, but can you guys tell the difference?:

summarit @ f2.5, summicron @ f2

summarit and summicron @ f2.8

@f4

@f5.6

 

[Vincenzo Maielli]

I have payed 750 €, in Italy, to buy a Summicron 90 TS, from 1969, in very mint conditions. The optical rendition is very very superb.
Ciao.
Vincenzo

 

[marcr1230]

I can't see much difference in the IQ. Only that the head size in summicron images seems larger - perhaps you and the sunject were slightly closer or the magnification is slightly greater.

 

[jvan01]

Looks like the Summarit being a more modern lens is slightly sharper wide open than the Summicron? They look about equal at all other apertures.

 

[Rob-F]

RE: Specpro's pictures: I can see the catchlights in her eyes consistently with the Summicron; less so with the Summarit.

 

[Al Kaplan]

I'll stick with my 85/2 Nikkor. It's paid for.

http://thepriceofsilver.blogspot.com

 

[peterm1]

It seems a lot. I almost bought one several years back for $1000 Australian - around $750 US. It was a minty heavy chrome model and I God was it beautiful. With looks like that who cares what images it makes!!

 

[specpro]

what about the APO Summicron-M 90mm f/2.0 (Black)?

what about the APO Summicron-M 90mm f/2.0 (Black)?

what did you guys pay for it and what prices can we expect nowadays?