Dear Members: I have been selling some Leica equipment on e-bay over the last couple weeks. I have been listing items with no reserve and low starting bids. I just want the items to sell for a fair price and buyers to use them.
Usually lenses get a few 'watchers' and a couple early bids right away. Tonight, however, I listed a lens and immediately it has five bids and I have three e-mails from 'buyers' who want to buy it immediately for $1,000 etc.
One even gave me a story about how he needed the lens right away because he was going on a trip. Anyway-I've looked closely at the lens and I can't find a serial number of any kind. And I'm wondering if (due to the inordinate interest) I have an unusual or 'prototype' lens. Stephen & Koray: Thank you for that information.
I feel much better now. Stephen: I agree 100% and their persistence actually made me feel like 'something is up.' I will tell them exactly what you said and there are five of them now.
Koray: Would my lens be considered 'good' condition? It has been a daily user since it was handed down to me over twenty years ago. It shows wear but the glass is pretty darn close to perfect. It would help to get the perspective of users familiar with used equipment.
Thanks again! Regards, Dave. 'three e-mails from 'buyers' who want to buy it immediately for $1,000 etc.' & 'needed the lens right away because he was going on a trip' David M.​Reminds me of the dishonest loan officer at the 'contract signing', counting out the $100 bills in front of the unsuspecting 'never read the fine print' public.
It always amazes me how dishonest and morally bankrupt this society is. The ' King of Bokeh' Summicron, regularly goes between $1,500 to $2,000, and these sharks think that they'll try their tricky & decet to see if they could hook a 'sucker'. They have no shame.
I did find the serial number. It is on the underside of the aperture ring. And I'm totally surprised by the private e-mails I've gotten about it.
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I think I'm just going to make an update telling people to stop contacting me about it. The lens has been used continuously for thirty plus years. It shows a ton of wear and I tell everybody that but then they ask me to sell it again. Oh-and the ring came loose on me in Prague or Budapest many years ago. I was able to tighten it with some tools borrowed from the hotel. But I marked it up a little. I had it cla'd soon after and they said it was fine-just cosmetic.
The glass is still really clean and I've been using it almost continuously until about two years ago.
Do I like Leica's new 35mm Summicron, ASPH version 2? Let me first get this out of the way. I love the 35mm focal length, and I love small Leica lenses. So what's there not to like. End of review.
Simple right? Not that simple. What if you already have the previous version 35mm Summicron ASPH, version 1? Should you upgrade to the newer one? To provide some context to this review, I think we need to backtrack a little, and take a quick look at the previous version 35 Cron. To me, the previous 35 Cron was the lens to end all lens - it was the lens to replace all my previous loves - ranging from the 35 Lux all the way up to the 50 Noct.
I loved the 35 Cron, because to me, it represented everything that Leica's suppose to be - light, compact, and sharp. It was fast enough, if need be. I also like the range of it's depth of field.
And to satisfy my obsessive compulsive behavior, the previous version 35 Cron is 6 bit encoded, and uses 39mm filters - not that it matters anymore, unless you shoot film. But the previous version 35 Cron does have it's share of 'handling characteristics' - to borrow an euphemism from automotive connoisseurs. For starters, the rubber lens hood can be difficult to attach. And if you're not careful with attaching the metal clips of the rubber hood on the lens, it can scratch the paint off your lens. For me, being a particular laissez faire Leica shooter, that has already happened to me. Another problem with this rubber lens hood is that it pops out from time to time, if not fitted on properly. And I have heard from a Hong Kong Leica dealer that this lens hood have been known to loosen the filters off the lens - though this I cannot imagine happening. To solve the problem of the hood used on the previous generation Summicron, this new version has a screw in metallic one, like the hood on the current versions 35mm Summilux ASPH and the 21mm Super Angulon. It's a bigger lens hood, compared to the previous version's rubber clip on hood.
As a result, the new hood would not pop out by accident, nor would it scratch the paint on the surface of the lens. However, this new metallic lens hood does make the new 35 Cron noticeably bigger (with the hood on), although it's only slightly bigger without the hood. As a look, I do like the new lens hood, for the superficial reasons of it being new and looking new and contemporary. However, it should be known that I don't like the new lens hood for street photography. The new 35mm Summicron is slightly sharper wide open with better bokeh.
Stopped down, the difference appear less perceptible - if at all. Even when I conducted a side by side comparison of sample images between the updated version and the previous version, finding any difference was like splitting hair - I really didn't see much of a difference.
For sample comparison between the current version 35mm Summicron ASPH vers. 2, previous version Summicron ASPH, and for good measure, the pre-aspherical 35mm Summicron version IV, please. In conclusion, depending on how one looks at the differences between the new 35mm Summicron and the previous version 35mm Summicron, you can either say that the improvements are optically significant, or that the improvements are incremental and not evolutionary. However, I have a feeling that this updated version is probably designed for future higher megapixel M bodies in mind.
Leica 35 Summilux Serial Numbers
At 24 megapixel, the new and previous version 35mm Summicron may appear similar, but I suspect the similarity changes at 36 or more megapixels, where the newer version would render sharpness with more effective megapixels. But for now, I really don't see much of a difference at 24 megapixels! Gee - how very anticlimactic. If the big difference between the new version and the previous version aspherical 35mm Summicron is dependent on future hypothetical higher resolution M bodies, then this whole review has been a wash! I guess we'll have to wait and see if Leica's going to announce a higher resolution M body this year at Photokina. If you're on a budget, then the previous generation 35mm Summicron, or for that matter, even the 35mm Summicron before this previous one, the pre-aspherical 35mm Summicron vers.
Leica 35mm Summilux Vs Summicron
IV is worth considering too. I mean, why not? Live for speed s2 keygen indir gezginler.
It's also very sharp when stopped down, albeit with a noticeable loss in contrast. But then again, it's much less expensive, abundant in the used market, and so much smaller and lighter to carry, making it a joy to use. Update July 1, 2016 - Below are some additional images taken with this lens.
. Leica Order No. 11874-black - 11883-silver - 11859-titan - 11663-black. LLC - 158. Production era - 1994-2010 - 18,404+ lenses.
Variants - Black, Silver & Titanium versions. 'Ein Stuck Leica' 504 unit special 1996 edition at initial public stock offering came with imprinted special edition M6 'Borsengang' camera. Lens mount - Leica M quick-change bayonet.
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Number of lenses/groups - 9 /5. Focusing range - 0.7 m / 2.3 ft.
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