[rollei_list] OT: Richard Knoppow's Leica IIIc
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:58:23 -0400
At 11:32 PM 8/25/2008, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> I'll give him a call in a couple of days. Some people
>think I talk too much. Actually, I think I tend to and have
>learned some restraint. Most people would rather have you
>listen. As a lawyer I am sure you know the value of being a
>really good listener.
> The camera does have a folding Summitar on it. For a
>long time I thought this lens had a cracked surface on one
>of the internal elements but when I looked again the other
>day it was just fine and the lens has no damage.
> I don't know if you are interested in Leica serial
>numbers but just in case the camera number is 512483 and the
>lens number is 684050. The lens is coated. I have a case and
>lens cap but no other accessories. I would like to get this
>thing going because it is so small and light and is a well
>designed bit of machinery.
Well, I am VERY much a retired attorney and thus
no longer have to listen: I just have to endrue!
The Summitar is a most delightful lens which
Leitz downgraded by its repetitive advertising
for the replacement Summicron. There are little
distinctions in the designs from what appears to
me. Leitz tried to put out that the Summitar was
for black-and-white and that the Summicron was
for color but, trust me, I have them all and
there is no recognizable difference in their
performance albeit I have found the later
non-collapsible (not "foldable"! For heaven's
sakes!) 2/5cm Dual-Range Summicron a magnificent
lens in all regards. But, then, I would hardly
send my Summitar back to the factory.
My first vintage camera was a Voigtländer Bessa
folder I acquired in 1962 on my 12th birthday. I
still have that camera and it still takes great
shots with its 3-element Voigtar lens. Then 28
years passed by, and I picked up a Leica IIIc
with a 2/6cm Summitar, and the rest is
history. After that I got into Zeiss Ikon and
then into Rollei -- this List is a result of my
interest, I might quietly note! -- and then two
books and so forth and so on.
The sole problem with the Summitar is the lack of
a factory lens hood. For $75 or so, you can
purchase the barn-door lens hood provided by
Leitz but a simpler solution is to use a Series
VI lens hood arrangement. The problem here is
that the Summitar has a imique tapered 36.4mm
thread. To your relief, both Tiffen and Ednalite
made Series VI adapters and I do believe I have a
spare Ednalite 601 adapter ring. Give me a hint
that you are interested and I will try it dig it
out of my many boxes. I will lay you even money
that I will find it before you get the camera
back from Brother Ken -- he is VERY slow but very much worth the wait.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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