Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/17
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<<< When was the switchover from earlier type to type 4?
My 35 mm Summilux is from 1976 ...
Raimo,
there is only one pre-asph 1.4/35 Summilux and 2 asph versions,
the "aspherical" and "ASPH". There are 4 pre-saph 2/35 Summicrons,
which were described by Lucien 1 week ago, May 7. I add his mail
below
Alf
- --------------- Lucien's answer:
1 1958 Canada and Wetzlar (filter E-39)
- Chrome for M2 = 11308 (SAWOO-MW)
- Chrome RF for M3 = 11108
1961
- rare black for M2 = 11307 (SAWOO-M)
- Rare black RF for M3 = 11104
2 1969 Canada + rare Wetzlar (filter E-39 + serie VII)
- Black chrome 11309
(with protuding aperture control lever)
3 1970 (or 1973*) Canada (filter E-39 + serie VII**)
- Black chrome 11309
(same code, new computation**, no protuding etc..)
* according to first serial nr = 1970
according to litterature = 1973
** Some rare lens accept only serie VII
*** no draft of the new lens design available, debatable.
4 1979 Canada + Germany (filter E-39)
- Black chrome 11310
1992 Germany
- Chrome 11311
5 1997 Germany
- Black Asph.
- Chrome Asph.
>What was the last version produced in Canada/Wetzlar?
In black Canada, then Germany.
In Chrome in Germany only.
>If there were four versions, what was the difference
>between version 3 and version 4?
Computation, design, lens hood etc.
Lucien
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Alfred Breull
http://members.aol.com/abreull/index.htm