leica 50mm 1.4 summilux

[carbonadam]

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leica 50mm 1.4 summilux? What is the deal with this lens? Why is it not available anywhere?

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[Artichoke]

leica 50mm 1.4 summilux? What is the deal with this lens? Why is it not available anywhere?

because it is so darn good

[jaapv]

Because there is a problem with Schott glass. One of the smelters has broken down and has been repaired only recently, creating a shortage of a number of optical glass types. B&W filters is affected as well.

[3rdtrick]

I am guessing it is because the focal length is "normal" for the M9 but was not popular on the M8. I bought mine to go with the M9.

Pete

[wattsy]

Because there is a problem with Schott glass. One of the smelters has broken down and has been repaired only recently, creating a shortage of a number of optical glass types. B&W filters is affected as well.

 

Blimey Jaap, some of the excuses you provide for Leica remind me of Basil Fawlty trying to explain why he can't come up with a Waldorf Salad.

[Julian Thompson]

 

I just got mine but it was about a ten month wait. Worth it though. Awesome lens.

[chris_tribble]

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SO glad I got mine (mint / used) for a good price 3 months before the M9 came out. I use it more and more... Combined with the 28 cron asph + 90 cron apo, it's the absolute core of what I do with the M.

[jaapv]

Blimey Jaap, some of the excuses you provide for Leica remind me of Basil Fawlty trying to explain why he can't come up with a Waldorf Salad.

I just got an E-mail from B&W, not Leica, explaining the situation. 486 and ND filters are affected as well. Normal service is expected to resume in the middle of June. A bit unwarranted, your post, I would say, although I am a big John Cleese fan. Confusing reasons with excuses and shooting the messenger.

[dpattinson]

I just got an E-mail from B&W, not Leica, explaining the situation. 486 and ND filters are affected as well. Normal service is expected to resume in the middle of June. A bit unwarranted, your post, I would say, although I am a big John Cleese fan. Confusing reasons with excuses and shooting the messenger.

 

Begs the question, when did the smelter break down? Hasn't there been a shortage of that lens for months now?

[jaapv]

I really don't know. My post should be read fwiiw. I do recall complaining threads about a lack of 486 filters for quite a while.

[neli]

I really don't know. My post should be read fwiiw. I do recall complaining threads about a lack of 486 filters for quite a while.

 

Coincidentally, would you believe, the location where Fawlty Towers was filmed is a village over from the Schott Glas Factory srl. I may be wrong, but they have Waldorf Salad on the menu at the Factory.

[jaapv]

:D

[swamiji]

There is a rumor at my Leica dealer, that there will be a new version. Soon to be announced.

[ho_co]

... a village over from the Schott Glas Factory srl....

 

Cornelius--What's "srl"?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jaap--Thanks for the heads-up. Now I understand why I can't get the filters I've been looking for.

 

Remember when the Leitz Glaslabor was the reason for slow deliveries? "I'm sorry, but the glass lab is so small, they can only make one kind of glass at a time, so your order will have to wait for the next batch of that glass."

 

So they switch solely to commercially available glass to avoid the snags.

 

And one of their big supplier's smelters goes down.

 

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Jeff S]

My bar ran out of shot glass recently as well. Could be a coincidence. Just told them to use something bigger.

 

Jeff

[DFV]

My bar ran out of shot glass recently as well. Could be a coincidence. Just told them to use something bigger.

 

Jeff

 

:D:D

[jaapv]

Cornelius--What's "srl"?

Private Limited Company - in a number of languages.

[ho_co]

Thanks!

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[wilfredo]

There is a rumor at my Leica dealer, that there will be a new version. Soon to be announced.

 

 

What is the source of this rumor? Does this mean another price increase?

 

The only places I found on the web that have this lens available right now for purchase brand new have inflated the price due to the shortage, one of these places is Amazon.com.

 

I paid a deposit for one over a month ago. I don't have a 50mm M lens right now so I am getting a bit antsy. I'll be using mine on the M8, mostly for portraits.