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Originally Posted by meatboy
Where does the 35mm type 3 (1971) summicron sit with all this? Is it collectible? How does it perform compared to a current cron ASPH?
It seems collectors make it worth us going to the cron ASPH if you just want a Leica 35mm and are not too fussed about bokeh etc.
Tim
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Tim, collecting Leicas and using Leicas are different things, even if I think most collectors love to use at least part of their gear: it is one of the most fascinatings element about Leitz collecting the fact that you have no problem to use with anyway good results, say, a rather rare lens of 1931 on a M7 body of 2006 (3/4 of a century.... I have an Hektor 7,3 cm f 1,9 from 1931: M7 has the 75 mm frame...where is the problem?). But, I say, collecting and using is different : want quality up to date? Take the current lenses, no doubt; collecting/using is a matter of sentiment: I hate the idea to discard, some day, the regular usage of my Summilux 35 Chrome dated 1960... I love this lens...but am not so stupid to imagine that a modern SLux asph cannot perform better... But, as I said, old lenses are ALWAYS good and think that we all praise Leica to have maintained this specific kind of continuity throughout more than 75 Years.