Leica Summilux M 50mm F1. 4 Vintage 1959, Cricks Camera
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Leica Summilux 50mm F1.4 1959 Vintage, Cricks Camera. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail or FedX fully insured. Domestic, Can be returned, but must be fully insured. International: shipping by agreement on carrier and cost, with no returns.
In 1946 a not so young couple, Thelma and Bill Crick, opened a tiny retail camera shop in Brookside within Kansas City. Their first sale was a 37 cent roll of film. They were generous and ha...rdworking with three goals; to sell exactly what you needed to take good photos, to teach you how to get good results, and to provide a decent livelihood for employees and their families. That has remained our goal at Crick Camera Shop for 70 years. Bill Crick died suddenly in 1961 and Thelma took over the business. For the next three decades, a Crick was at the helm, as the next generation - Stuart, Dana, and Gayle - each made their career at Crick Camera Shop. To this day Bill Cricks personal Leica equipment has been stored and gently used by family from time to time. As a long time family friend I will be offering the last of Bill's personal equipment.
Today, Up for sale is a German Made Leica 50mm Summilux 50mm f/1.4 chrome M mount lens. With Leica Sun Shade, and non Leica Caps. Cosmetics: very minimal signs of use, external optics: clear with clean glass, Note small internal separation spot near iris center (please review the picture) Leica Tech says should not affect photos. Lens has no scratches or cleaning marks, mechanical in good function, aperture ring has primary click stops. Rating the barrel, and external optics at KEH rated excellent +, BH rated 9, 43mm Filters, PayPal Please. Shipping includes full insurance by best carrier. 1.4 Summilux HistoryThe LEICA SUMMILUX 50mm f/1.4 was LEICA's standard ultra high-speed normal lens from 1959 until it was replaced by the ASPH model in 2004.Even though the newest ASPH version throws a lot of technology at the optics package and mechanicals it's not much better than the original lens.This traditional non-aspherical (spherical) lens was LEICA's first, and thus the world's, best for over forty years. Even today, its performance continues to exceed the newest 50mm f/1.4 lenses from Nikon and Canon.In addition to costing ten times as much as a Nikon or Canon, this lens also gets its performance advantage from the layout of the rangefinder M cameras, which gives lens designers the freedom to place the rear elements much closer to the image plane than with SLR lenses.
In 1946 a not so young couple, Thelma and Bill Crick, opened a tiny retail camera shop in Brookside within Kansas City. Their first sale was a 37 cent roll of film. They were generous and ha...rdworking with three goals; to sell exactly what you needed to take good photos, to teach you how to get good results, and to provide a decent livelihood for employees and their families. That has remained our goal at Crick Camera Shop for 70 years. Bill Crick died suddenly in 1961 and Thelma took over the business. For the next three decades, a Crick was at the helm, as the next generation - Stuart, Dana, and Gayle - each made their career at Crick Camera Shop. To this day Bill Cricks personal Leica equipment has been stored and gently used by family from time to time. As a long time family friend I will be offering the last of Bill's personal equipment.
Today, Up for sale is a German Made Leica 50mm Summilux 50mm f/1.4 chrome M mount lens. With Leica Sun Shade, and non Leica Caps. Cosmetics: very minimal signs of use, external optics: clear with clean glass, Note small internal separation spot near iris center (please review the picture) Leica Tech says should not affect photos. Lens has no scratches or cleaning marks, mechanical in good function, aperture ring has primary click stops. Rating the barrel, and external optics at KEH rated excellent +, BH rated 9, 43mm Filters, PayPal Please. Shipping includes full insurance by best carrier. 1.4 Summilux HistoryThe LEICA SUMMILUX 50mm f/1.4 was LEICA's standard ultra high-speed normal lens from 1959 until it was replaced by the ASPH model in 2004.Even though the newest ASPH version throws a lot of technology at the optics package and mechanicals it's not much better than the original lens.This traditional non-aspherical (spherical) lens was LEICA's first, and thus the world's, best for over forty years. Even today, its performance continues to exceed the newest 50mm f/1.4 lenses from Nikon and Canon.In addition to costing ten times as much as a Nikon or Canon, this lens also gets its performance advantage from the layout of the rangefinder M cameras, which gives lens designers the freedom to place the rear elements much closer to the image plane than with SLR lenses.
