Fake Leica Lens

[farnz]

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56 minutes ago, luigi bertolotti said:

I have this picture in my archive… apparently a MP3 edition with Lux 50 asph marked accordingly…

Thanks, Luigi, what I said was based on a vague memory and I certainly might be wrong.

Pete.

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[evikne]

There is a "secret compartment" in the bottom of the leather pouch containing an additional lens cap in metal. If you find it, you can be assured that it's real. 😄

 

Edited November 26, 2019 by evikne

[james.liam]

5 hours ago, evikne said:

There is a "secret compartment" in the bottom of the leather pouch containing an additional lens cap in metal. If you find it, you can be assured that it's real. 😄

 

I have nothing but fakes! 😱

[bags27]

On 11/23/2019 at 7:09 AM, earleygallery said:

If it’s a fake definitely buy it. It’ll be worth much more than a real one to the collectors out there!

Someone once painted a bad Picasso-like painting and sent it to Picasso asking whether it was authentic. Picasso painted "Faux" boldly across the painting, signed it, and returned it to the owner. The painter/owner sold it for a small fortune.

Edited November 27, 2019 by bags27

[wizard]

vor 13 Stunden schrieb farnz:

I think the difference between this one and the MP3 lens is that this one is marked as "asph" but the MP3 lens wasn't - even though it was asph.

To the best of my knowledge they were all marked "asph". And as far as I remember, at the time you could  buy an MP3 set which would have included the lens in matching color, but Leica did make some extra copies of the lens in both black paint and silver chrome version to be sold separately (which is how I got my lens). All those lenses were engraved with the LHSA logo. Subsequently, Leica did produce an additional batch (or even more) of I believe black chrome lenses which were not marked LHSA, but I am not aware that there was another batch of silver chrome lenses (I might be wrong on that one though).

Cheers,

Andy

[ELAN]

I would trade my BC in a heartbeat for a silver chrome, and love it forever.  That would make my third trade up of this same marvelous lens

[pedaes]

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1 hour ago, ELAN said:

I would trade my BC in a heartbeat for a silver chrome, and love it forever.  That would make my third trade up of this same marvelous lens

Fingers crossed that Leica do a batch of the 'Retro' in Silver! 

[foto2021]

On 11/23/2019 at 1:32 AM, jaapv said:

All good advice. But a fake Summicron 50 asph is about as common as a Unicorn.

I think you meant a 'Unicron'.

[jaeger]

I just realized all my lenses spell LIECA. 

Happy thanksgiving ladies. 

Edited November 29, 2019 by jaeger

[albertknappmd]

On 11/23/2019 at 7:38 PM, Attasit said:

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looks authentic so far...

mind you, please check the front and ESPECIALLY the back optic for scratches..

Albert