xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
I never seen a Summar lens like this before. 
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Copy-Leica-Camer...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Copy-Leica-Camer...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Athos6
Tao Master
Looks like a 50mm Jupiter lens with a new name plate... crafty... Why not shoot for the moon and call it a Summicron or something?
crafty... Why not shoot for the moon and call it a Summicron or something? Philippe D.
Cheeeeeese
Both, the so called "Summar" and the camera body are Russian fakes. Nothing to do with Leica.
foto_fool
Well-known
Yep - pretty sure its a J-8. I have bought some Russian lenses from this guy, though, and they were OK. But this is junk.
martin_t
Established
The nerve....
Ahhh yes, Summar of '42...
gb hill
Veteran
Here is another camera the seller has. A Jewish Leica copy to commeriate Israel becoming a nation in 1948.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Russian-Copy-Lei...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Russian-Copy-Lei...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
breathstealer
Established
Uh, it is being advertised as a copy, isn't it?
It's not so much of a copy as artistic impression. There was never a Summar like this. Closer to a Rigid Sonnar.
raid
Dad Photographer
If the set were priced at $40, it would be OK.
Hanen
Newbie
It's definitely a J-8.
Matthew Allen
Well-known
That's a new one on me. Maybe someone's feeling the bad karma of too many tasteless faux-Nazi cameras and needs something to balance them.
Matthew
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Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
LOL. Da.
So far, three bidders, though. I guess they're collectors. How many blatant Jupiter-8 faked to a Summar are there?
I hereby call it Summarsky.
Or Uranus-8; a few orbits beyond Jupiter
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
In the world of scams, the devil is in the pedantry. It doesn't say "Russian Copy Leica Camera with Russian Copy Summar".
Nor does anywhere is it said "for entertainment purposes only"; or "this is a satire of Leica", or some pretend-legal loophole like that.
LeicaTom
Watch that step!
That`s scary!
Tom
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NickTrop
Veteran
Hilarious. Many would argue the J-8 is a better lens than the one it's trying to copy. (I don't have a J-8, but I do have a Summar, and I really like it btw).
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89rzweig
Member
I saw this on eBay a couple of weeks ago and found it quite hilarious:
"EXCELLENT COPY OF A LEICA RANGEFINDER OF THE "M" SERIES"
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCELLENT-COPY-...yZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemo
Correct me if I'm wrong, but what I see is undoubtedly FED-5 with Industar 61 L/D lens, both LTM, not M-bayonet. Another funny thing is that the bidding went up to $52 and reserve was not met...
"EXCELLENT COPY OF A LEICA RANGEFINDER OF THE "M" SERIES"
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCELLENT-COPY-...yZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemo
Correct me if I'm wrong, but what I see is undoubtedly FED-5 with Industar 61 L/D lens, both LTM, not M-bayonet. Another funny thing is that the bidding went up to $52 and reserve was not met...
89rzweig
Member
The URL got messed in the quick reply mode, hope it will work now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCELLENT-COPY-...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCELLENT-COPY-...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Luddite Frank
Well-known
I just took a look at the link... and the "excellent copy"...
Were there any true M-series Leicas that were marked " DRP " ? I thought all post-War Leicas were marked "Gmbh" ( or at least none were marked DRP after the war ? ) ?
Luddite Frank