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Originally Posted by ron110n
I noticed that a chrome Summicron 35 ver 1 (Bayonet M Mount) at mint condition sell @ almost the same price of a new cron 35 asph.
What's so special about the lens signature.
Can someone post images from a cron 35 1st. ver or post links.
I'm curious and I've never seen images from the 1st. ver. before.
Is it just a classic / collectors value, or is there a performance value behind the old timer.
B&W will be most appriciated. =)
But colored is fine.
Thanks,
-Ron
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The Summicron 35 1st (8 lenses), as other correctly have posted, is effectively very rare when made in Wetzlar, so is a very appreciated collector item. I have one, n. 1.971.229, chrome, and it is also a very good lens to use, even if i think that, not surprisely, the recent asph can perform better (I have not one); anyway, I have also a 2nd type black Canada 2.483. 459, and in my mood the 1st type is overall better: i think it is a question of design itself, not agreeing at all with some people in the collector's world that argue "Wetzlar better than Canada" : by myself, the best 35 I own is the Summilux 35 (1960 vintage, very first production runs: 1.765.850) and the best 90 the nano Elmarit 2,8 1st type: both Canda, extraordinary quality in use, and also very small and portable. I have in plan to acquire an M8 soon: I am already excited thinking to all the strange combinations I will try: just as an example : I have a 135 finder so...what is better than using the "Alpine Elmar" 10,5 as a 135 on M8?