Modern 50/2.8 in LTM : 100 buyers needed

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[einolu]

I want a company to built new soviet lenses. I would love a Jupiter 8 that actually had to go through quailty control, + some clicks on the fstop ring.

$1000 for an elmar is a little crazy though.

 

[xayraa33]

50mm/f2.8 in LTM for a grand US? ... how many Industars 61/LD will that amount of moola buy?

 

[richard_l]

$1000 for an elmar is a little crazy though.

Why is it crazy? It's the finest 50mm I've ever used, and it would be great to have it in screwmount if I were a screwmount person.

 

[Nick R.]

I agree, Richard. If that's what you really want, a $1000 is a fair price.

 

[wlewisiii]

I would love to, but if I had $1000 and spent it on a lens... Well, remember the old Who song "My Wife"? 😱

That said, if I could I would.

William

 

[John Henry]

I'm still not used to Leica prices. I'm hoping to buy a Barnack-something [IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIIf,] have it CLA'd and pick up a decent lens for well under $1000. JH

 

[pbjbike]

Man, the word of the future is no longer "plastics", it's "custom".

 

[Ben Z]

I can pick up a mintish 50 Elmar (new version) for $500 give or take a sawbuck. I can't imagine it would cost me another $500 to have an LTM rear mount machined to swap out the M mount. Then again it wouldn't come in a gilt-edged box with velvet lining and a lifetime membership certificate from Dr. Spichtig in Leicaholics Anonymous 😀

 

[richard_l]

I agree, Richard. If that's what you really want, a $1000 is a fair price.

Yes, they go for about $750 new, so this would only be about $250 more for a custom screwmount version. They are priced fairly low (for Leica 😱 ) because of the simple Tessar-type structure, much less complicated than the usual double-Gausss designs. However, careful redesign, good glass, and close tolerances have made this latest Elmar a real winner. Maybe f/2.8 is not considered lightning fast, but high speed isn't everything to everybody, and one wouldn't want a Tessar to be much faster than that anyhow.

 

[Graybeard]

Not the lens that I'd choose given the money and the complications involved.

A modern collapsible Summicron might be attractive.

 

[rich815]

In the first place the new price of $750 is not worth it for that lens IMO when you can get the one from a single generation back (still M) for about $300-400 in MINT condition---supposedly pretty much identical---I love mine. Then use that guy in Japan to change it to screw-mount for about $400 or so. No need to wait for 999 other people, and I sincerely doubt you'll find them anyway---actually you'll likely need to find way more than that as many will drop out when it comes time to pony up the bucks.

 

[sockeyed]

Actually, he's looking for 100 people, not 1,000. Perhaps you're getting confused with the $1,000 price tag.