35mm Leica RF "M" System Lenses |
Leica Serial Number vs Circa Data3 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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| 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... |
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$1,375.00
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| 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 i... |
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From $550.00 to $800.00
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| 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.
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$1,390.00
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| 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... |
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From $855.00 to $965.00
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
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