summaron mystery

[loneranger]

My local camera store has a leica 35/2.8 summaron for sale. There are some odd things about it. It is M mount, and has no eyes, but it looks like the eyes have been removed, very cleanly, from the body, leaving just a smooth trace of where it used to be on the lens mount. Also, the focus tab has numbers that go down to 0.7m, however, when I you place the lens on a camera, it will only focus down to 1meter. So if you rotate the focus to 0.7, the focus is actually at 1 meter, and if you rotate the focus ring to 1 meter the actualy focus is 1.3 meters and so on.
Can anyone diagnose what the issue is. Is this a common modification or has someone screwed this up.
Having said all this, the body and glass are in mint shape and he is asking $650.

 

[ferider]

It's an originally goggled lens with the eyes removed. The focus error factor 1.4 that you observe is normally corrected by the eyes.

Note that the goggled Summaron went below 0.7m, like .65 or so - I don't remember exactly.

Don't buy it. I just sold my clean M2 Summaron for US 600.

Roland.

 

[Sjixxxy]

Note that the goggled Summaron went below 0.7m, like .65 or so - I don't remember exactly.

Don't buy it. I just sold my clean M2 Summaron for US 600.

Roland.

Mine goes down to 0.65.

Yeah, I'd stay away for the price. $600 perhaps if it is the non-goggled version. Otherwise without the goggles it is going to pretty much be a scale focus lens only. Might away well pay save $100-$200 and buy for a pair that comes with the goggles and take them off yourself if you want that.

 

[former member]

Stay Away!

The Summaron with eyes uses a 50mm Cam and the "Eyes" alter it optically to be correct for a 35mm lens.

You cannot focus it!

 

[elshaneo]

This particular lens is like a nice paperweight without its original googles.

Honestly I would have been really disappointed with my local camera store trying to sell me a lens that is no good...

 

[FrankS]

One can still scale focus this lens with no goggles. But not at that price.