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Leica Serial Number vs Circa Data



1 051 000 - 1 124 000 1953
1 124 001 - 1 236 000 1954
1 236 001 - 1 333 000 1955
1 333 001 - 1 459 000 1956
1 459 001 - 1 548 000 1957
1 548 001 - 1 645 300 1958
1 645 301 - 1 717 000 1959
1 717 001 - 1 827 000 1960
1 827 001 - 1 913 000 1961
1 913 001 - 1 967 100 1962
1 967 101 - 2 015 700 1963
2 015 701 - 2 077 500 1964
2 077 501 - 2 156 300 1965
2 156 301 - 2 236 500 1966
2 236 501 - 2 254 400 1967
2 254 401 - 2 312 750 1968
2 312 751 - 2 384 700 1969
2 384 701 - 2 468 500 1970
2 468 501 - 2 503 100 1971
2 503 101 - 2 556 500 1972
2 556 501 - 2 663 400 1973
2 663 401 - 2 731 900 1974
2 731 901 - 2 761 100 1975
2 761 101 - 2 809 400 1976
2 809 401 - 2 880 600 1977
2 880 601 - 2 967 250 1978
2 967 251 - 3 013 650 1979
3 013 651 - 3 087 000 1980
3 087 001 - 3 160 500 1981
3 160 501 - 3 249 100 1982
3 249 101 - 3 294 900 1983
3 294 901 - 3 346 200 1984
3 346 201 - 3 383 200 1985
3 383 201 - 3 422 890 1986
3 422 891 - 3 455 870 1987
3 455 871 - 3 478 900 1988
3 478 901 - 3 503 150 1989
3 503 151 - 3 540 467 1990
3 540 468 - 3 583 830 1991
3 585 831 - 3 610 680 1992
3 610 381 - 3 644 475 1993
3 644 476 - 3 677 030 1994
3 677 031 - 3 730 290 1995

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Leitz/Leica

28mm f2.8 Elmarit

Description Qty Price Range
Version One: The original 28mm f2.8 Elmarit (9/6) was introduced in 1965 (circa 1965-72 serial numbers 2,060,000 to 2,31X,XXX)) to replace the aging 28mm f5.6 Summaron which was a fine and sharp symmetrical double Gaussi... 1 $1,375.00

Leitz/Leica

35mm (3.5cm) f3.5/f2.8 M System Mount Summaron

Description Qty Price Range
The 1948 35mm(3.5cm) f3.5 Summaron (circa 1948-60) was Leitz/Leica's first post war designed lens and was intended to replace the very long in the tooth 4 element 3.5cm f3.5 Elmar which had been its first accessory inter... 3 $550.00
to
$800.00

Leitz/Leica

35mm f1.4 M System Mount Summilux

Description Qty Price Range
The original 35mm Summilux was by longevity measure Leica's single most successful modern generation lens. It was produced from its introduction in 1961 for 32 years until it was superceeded in 1994 by Leica's second gen... 2 $1,164.24
to
$2,000.00

Leitz/Leica

35mm f1.4 M System Mount Summilux Aspherical/ASPH.

Description Qty Price Range
35mm f1.4 M System Mount Summilux Aspherical/ASPH. Aspherical surfaces indicated by pointers. The most striking outwardly obvious feature of either of these optically highly similar lenses is the very dramatically co... 1 $3,950.00

Leitz/Leica

35mm f2.0 M System Mount Summicron

Description Qty Price Range
The first optical version of this lens (1958-1969) is legendary. It is an expensive to produce eight element execution of a symmetrical double Gauss formulation with the 2nd & 3rd and the 6th & 7th elements cemented. ... 2 $968.00
to
$969.60

Leitz/Leica

40mm f2.0 Summicron-C

Description Qty Price Range
Introduced in 1973 (circa 1973-79) as the standard lens for the Leica CL this lens works perfectly on other "M" bodies but only if distance from the film plane is measured physically and the rangefinder is ignored as the... 2 $418.92
to
$528.22

Leitz/Leica

50mm (5cm) f2.0 M System Mount Summicron

Description Qty Price Range
Not all Summicrons were created equal in optical quality. There has been a steady progression of Summicron optical design improvements over the decades. The first version introduced initially as a SM for the Leica IIIf a... 6 $500.00
to
$1,200.00

Leitz/Leica

50mm f1.4 M System Mount Summilux

Description Qty Price Range
The first version of the Summilux (7/5) had an aspect of "not ready for prime time" franticness about it. It was Leica's first f1.4 "normal" and it was not all that good. It was, however, a lens that people inside Le... 3 $797.00
to
$2,000.00

Leitz/Leica

90mm f2.0 Summicron

Description Qty Price Range
Version I (circa 1953-62; serial numbers 1,459,000 - 1,650,000): Introduced in 1953 with the original DS M3 the original 90mm f2.0 Summicron the first optical formulation was produced until 1957 and sold by Leica as late... 1 $1,379.50

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