Summaron Leather Case

[mobeyone]

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All,

 

I have just bought this for my "specs" is this the true leather case for the goggled 35mm?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170582275785&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

If so, how rare is this?

 

thanks!

[giordano]

It looks authentic, but I'm sure there was more than one design, and of course there were three or four goggled 35mm lenses (from two Summarons, a Summicron and a Summilux whose production overlapped with that of the M3).

 

Mods: this would probably do better in the Historica section.

[mobeyone]

Thanks for the reply.

 

I will post some photos of the case once I receive but I cannot find anything online about this case, even Rockwells site does not mention a dedicated case for the goggled 35mm.

[scsambrook]

Yes, it looks like the correct case. I don't think there were different versions for the the four 'goggled' lenses. The cases that came with my 35/3.5 Summaron and 35/2 Summicron were exactly the same. The case itself was by no means rare when in production, but yours looks to be in very nice condition and I guess ones in that state are probably uncommon today...

[luigi bertolotti]

It looks exactly like mine... but I remember that the existence of slightly different versions was documented, time ago, in the forum... I remember clearly two pics of two cases with a slightly different height, even if seems that there had been a single product code (14552) for the case for goggled 35mm lenses (Summaron/Summicron/Summilux... and it was also for the DR Summicron 50 with goggles on).