Leica LTM Buy a summar?

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
Just buy an Exa with a Tessar on it and throw everything else away, or into a box with my address on it and sufficient postage for it to show up at my house.
 
Heh.....my Summar was $75.00.

The seller did not like the fact it had scuffs and stains on the outside of the lens barrel. And even less so that there was a small black paint chip floating around inside. They weren't points worth discussing. For gorgeous contrast and beautiful precision there are already other 5cm options at hand.

Here is to somewhat ethereal rendering.
 
Mine was $50; so was the Leica IIIa it was attached to. The front element was nearly opaque, everything else was dirty, the interior paint was flaking off, the chrome was worn almost completely off the barrel, and the aperture was almost immobile. A full overhaul and many, many hours of hand-polishing with cerium oxide returned it to service.

See here for details and samples: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156310

As you say, this is not the lens for wide-open sharpness, but it has its own charms.


Daryl J. said:
Heh.....my Summar was $75.00.

The seller did not like the fact it had scuffs and stains on the outside of the lens barrel. And even less so that there was a small black paint chip floating around inside. They weren't points worth discussing. For gorgeous contrast and beautiful precision there are already other 5cm options at hand.

Here is to somewhat ethereal rendering.
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