Erwin Puts Leica Serial Numbers
I personally buy from,,,, and. I can't vouch for below. When Leitz decided to start making camera lenses, they did the right thing and used six digits for the serial number, and started at number 100,000. As serial numbers should be, they gave each lens its own serial number, and counted up. Serial numbers as low as 50,000 are still floating around.
Whatever the case, somewhere during this stage a range of serial numbers is reserved. The first batch might already be given these numbers, but that is not necessarily the case. The date, assigned to the serial number range is the reservation date, not the real production date. The lists of Leica lens numbers (and bodies). This is the list of Leitz and Leica lens serial numbers (not cameras) and which year that lens was approximately produced. Also visit the Leica Lens Compendium and the Leica Camera Compendium. For detailed reading and a complete range of serial numbers you may find the Leica Compendium by Erwin Puts helpful. The lens pic on his site serial number xxxx is not an R lens and. This is a 50mm summicron Leica R lens. F2 and late serial number xxx. It's in excellent condition, some paint rubbed off but glass is clear, focus is smooth. Leica Pocket Book (booklet with serial numbers), Erwin Puts,, ebay for Leica reflex.
Leica made lens number 1,000,000, a 50mm f/1.5 Summarit, on 24 October 1952, at which time they already had onver 100 years of experiance. Because of this orderly behavior, it it trivial to figure out when your lens was made. Sadly, Nikon and Canon are not as organized, and use completely unrelated serial numbers for every product.
Scenarist Sd Rapidshare Download. (, and.) No two Leica lenses or cameras have the same serial number. If Leica ever almost duplicated a number, the second item had a star added after its otherwise identical serial number. Cameras and lenses each have their own run of serial numbers, so a number may be found on one camera and on one lens. 4 130 001 - Notes This is not exact.
Serial number blocks are reserved, and then lenses may or may not be made with these numbers. Serial numbers after 2000 are less accurate. Leica loves to do crazy things like pull out an old, discontinued design and make twenty of them in Persian Pink as a special order for the Sultan of Brunei to hand out as party favors.
When Leica does this, you will find serial numbers disconnected from the normal run of a product. For a far more detailed list, see. Help me help you I support my through this website, as crazy as it might seem. If you find this as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may have had to take, feel free to help me.
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