Leica 35mm Summilux Serial Numbers
Comes with square hood from Leica (model 12473; here with the designed by Overgaard). Having fun with the Leica M9 and my daughter. 35mm Summicron-M f/2.0 (I), 200 ISO, 'aged photo' in Lightroom.
Leica Summilux 50mm
Leica serial No. – lens/camera year look-up. Do you have a vintage Leica lens or camera and are interested in finding out its age? This French site allows you to enter the serial number of your item and it will provide you with the date it was manufactured. Leica Tech Data; 35mm f/1.4 ASPH Summilux-M.pdf - courtesy Summilux.net Erwin Puts (2002). Serial numbers compiled from known lenses and Puts Pocket Pod.pdf.
Bullet for my valentine the poison album. Midland optical department was specialized in the research of retrofocus designs and apochromatic corrections. Mandler employed sophisticated combinations of special glasses in his APO and high-speed designs, and many of these glasses were original Leitz formulas manufactured by Schott or Corning. Mandler was a master in optimizing designs by means of the computer and a particular method developed by him and explained in his doctoral dissertation. Walter Mandler is credited with the design of more than 45 high performance Leica lenses for the Leica rangefinder cameras and Leica SLR cameras, including many landmark designs, Please see the entire list of Leica lenses designed by Dr.Walter on Wikipedia. Specifications: • Leica Order No.
What are the major differences apart from speed between the two lenses? Is the contrast of the cron really better than the contrast from the lux? If someone has experiences with these lenses I would appreciate some advice. Thank you very much in advance! I own both lenses. I always prefer to take the 35mm summicron instead of the 35mm summilux. The reason is mostly due to the weight.
Hi, I'm lucky enough to be buying my first Leica M (the brand new M10) this upcoming week. I'm buying this camera as my daily walk around camera, since I already have a Canon 5D with all ranges covered but find that camera too bulky to take with me all the time. I already own a fast 50mm (M) lens but along with the M10 I want to get a 35mm lens as a walk around (street, family, occasional landscape). This will be my first 35 prime. I quite like 50 but find it that bit too narrow at times, that's why I'm opting for a 35mm. For the 35mm I see two options a new 35 Summicron asph or a used 35 Summilux asph. Since the price is not far off (only a few hundred dollars) I'm having a hard time deciding between the two.
Were the serial numbers on Leica-brand lenses assigned across all lens types - or was it one serial number for Elmarit, Elmar, Summicron, etc, etc? If the same serial number range was used for all type of lenses produced at any given point in time (35, 50, summarit, 'cron, etc) - how was the consumption of these numbers managed to prevent duplicate numbers - or gaps in ranges - as the serial number is on a part of the lens that seems to be a part of the actual manufacturing of the lens. Just curious in case anyone would happen to know. Same question goes for the M-bodies as well - when there are multiple current bodies in production M6TTL, MP, M7 - do they all share the same serial number range? 'how was the consumption of these numbers managed to prevent duplicate numbers - or gaps in ranges..' --Why, meticulous Teutonic record-keeping, Richard! Also, it has been Leica's habit to assign a block of serial numbers at a time, to each product.
Best bang for the buck on the M system. I'd personally go for the 'cron based on size and weight but it's hard to go wrong with either. A summilux renders a certain way that you may or may not be a fan of. I'd suggest that you go on Flickr and look at images taken with a summilux; that should give you a good idea. Like another user mentioned, a Skopar is a great choice as well. You definitely won't find a better M-mount lens for the money. I understand that you probably want a Leica lens to go with your new shiny M10 but I'd suggest giving the skopar serious consideration.
There are many guesses how this name came about, a popular one being that the 'summi' came from ' summit' (summit means the highest point of a hill or mountain; the highest attainable level of achievement). Some say the name 'cron' came from 'chroma' (ie. For colour), but that's actually not the story. The name (Summi) cron was used because the lens used Crown glass for the first time, which Leitz bought from Chance Brothers in England. The first batch of lenses were named Summikron (Crown = Krone in Deutsch).