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How to determine the production year of a Leica lens based on the serial number. And another update on the serial numbers after 2004: 4 000 000-4 010. Leica Introduces APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH “LHSA” Special Edition. David Farkas. Order the Leica APO Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH “LHSA” Now. The special edition serial numbers are on the aperture ring, while the LHSA logo is inscribed (without inlay) on the bayonet rings, just above the ‘Made in Germany’ lettering. Leica unveils retro version of the APO-Summicron-M 50mm F2.0 ASPH to honor the LHSA. This special edition Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm F2 ASPH 'LHSA' will be limited to just 500 copies—300 in the black finish and 200 in silver—and each of them will come in 'high quality packaging' with a certificate of authenticity. Leica M and R Serial Numbers; created by dethswatch (MODERATOR) M2, M3, M4, M6. There’s something I find intriguing about owning the collapsible Summicron 50mm.

Leica M's Sorted by Model and Serial Number 1954 to 1999: M3 to M6 TTL

Second version – 1969 – 1979. The lens now had 6 optical elements and it had a black finish. Most of these lenses were manufactured in Canada. This second version was only manufactured without goggles, suitable for the Leica M2 and Leica M4. This version of the Summicron 35 occurs above serial number 2307450. Oct 21, 2006 They are detailed enough to distinguish between the early, radioactive variant and the later version, even without serial numbers (or a Geiger counter!). The 'Summitar *' (which does indeed bear this model name on the front of the lens) is also shown (described here as a 'Prototype Summicron'), and there's a group picture of both LTM SOOICs.

The raw data was supplied courtesy of Leica, by Mr. Horst Braun with the approval of Leica's CEO, Mr. Cohn.I'm sure I'm speaking for all Leica enthusiasts in thanking them for their help and generosity in sharing this information. I sorted and edited the raw data into its present form to enhance readability. In some cases notes were added and wording revised for clarity.

M's are grouped alphabetically M1 to M6, sorted within each group by starting serial number in that group. Rangefinderless M's are listed together at the end of the page. In this list special models that have collector interest, such as black M3's and special edition M6's are listed together.

Many interesting facts come to light with this list, but many other facts are left unknown. For instance, NASA and 50th Anniversary cameras are not listed, nor the M6 Titanium or the original M6 .85. To be more exact, I do know the Titanium and original M6 .85 numbers are listed, but their numbers are mixed in with regular M6 production numbers. It's probably a fair guess that many variations and special models which get collector's notice, did not get that much notice at the factory, so the serial numbers were just mixed in with the regular production for that model. The reality of it is that the list was not made with all the precision that Leica collectors might like, but then the list wasn't made by Leica collectors -- it was made by people simply trying to get their job done -- sometimes at the end of a long day at work.

Of special note are the rare and expensive black paint bodies and military M's. While the list is probably as accurate as we are going to have, it has long been accepted by Leica collectors that some real black bodies are 'not on the list.' On the other hand, forgers are getting better and better at making fake black Leicas. hmm.. To compound the problem, if you had friends in high places at the Wetzlar or Midland factories, special finishes or features could be ordered, and these would not appear on the 'official' list. As you might imagine, this makes documenting many unusual cameras almost impossible -- a nightmare for collectors, an income opportunity for forgers.

For perhaps the first time, most Leica M Birthdays are also listed, to be more exact the assignment date of the serial block. You know what this means ---another reason to have a Birthday party. Let's see, 6 Leicas, six new Birthday parties. Hmm.

Unless otherwise stated, camera finish is chrome.

Date

Camera

Starting

Ending

Batch

2/26/1959	M1	950001	950300	300
3/18/1959	M1	952016	952500	485
6/1/1959	M1	956501	957000	500
7/22/1959	M1	966501	967500	1000
10/9/1959	M1	979501	980500	950
1/5/1961	M1	1017001	1017500	500
3/21/1961	M1	1028001	1028600	600
6/9/1961	M1	1035401	1036000	525
9/13/1961	M1 (includes 5 M3)	1040001	1040600	600
3/16/1962	M1	1046001	1046500	500
6/20/1962	M1	1050001	1050500	500
11/5/1962	M1	1060001	1060500	500
3/11/1963	M1	1067501	1068000	370
7/2/1963	M1	1074001	1074500	500
10/11/1963	M1	1085001	1085500	500
1/16/1964	M1	1091001	1091300	300
7/10/1964	M1 (includes 4 Post)	1098001	1098300	213
9/11/1964	M1	1102001	1102500	500
1/26/1965	M1	1102801	1103000	100

3/28/1960	M1 green paint	980451	980500	50
8/31/1961	M1 green paint	1035926	1036000	75
9/10/1964	M1 green paint	1098101	1098183	83

11/25/1957	M2	926001	926200	200
5/8/1958	M2	929001	931000	2000
6/9/1958	M2 with smaller window	931001	933000	2000
8/6/1958	M2	935001	937500	2500
9/8/1958	M2	937501	940000	2500
9/12/1958	M2 ELC	937621	937650	30
9/26/1958	M2	940001	942900	2900
10/31/1958	M2 ELC	942901	943000	100
11/3/1958	M2	944001	946000	2000
12/1/1958	M2	946001	947000	800
12/4/1958	M2 ELC	946301	946400	100
12/9/1958	M2 ELC	946901	947000	100
12/9/1958	M2	947001	947500	500
12/9/1958	M2 with self timer	947501	948000	500
12/17/1958	M2 ELC	948501	948600	100
1/5/1959	M2	949101	950000	900
12/19/1958	M2 with self timer	949101	949400	300
6/22/1959	M2	960501	961500	1000
6/22/1959	M2 with self timer	960501	960500	1000
1/19/1960	M2 without self timer	960501	960801	300
6/22/1959	M2 from 960601 with new light window	960601
7/22/1959	M2	967501	968350	850
8/24/1959	M2	970001	971500	1500
10/9/1959	M2	975001	976500	1200
1/19/1960	M2 with self timer	975801	976100	300
12/4/1959	M2	982001	984000	1850
1/19/1960	M2 with self timer	982001	982150	150
12/7/1959	M2 with self timer	982901	983500	600
2/3/1960	M2 ELC	987201	987300	100
6/22/1960	M2	988351	988650	300
6/22/1960	M2 with self timer	988651	989250	600
2/10/1960	M2	989251	990750	1250
2/10/1960	M2 with self timer	989251	989650	400
2/10/1960	M2 with self timer	989801	990500	700
4/13/1960	M2	993751	996000	1850
5/31/1960	M2 ELC	995001	995100	100
5/31/1960	M2 with self timer	995101	995400	300
7/5/1960	M2	1004001	1004150	150
7/5/1960	M2 with self timer	1004150	1007000	2850
8/17/1960	M2 ELC	1005351	1005450	100
9/26/1960	M2	1011001	1014000	3000
1/15/1961	M2 (includes 200 ELC)	1017501	1022000	4300
1/15/1961	M2 ELC	1017901	1018000	100
1/15/1961	M2 ELC	1020101	1020200	100
4/27/1961	M2	1028601	1031800	3200
7/28/1961	M2 ELC	1036001	1036050	50
8/9/1961	M2	1036351	1038000	1600
1/5/1962	M2 ELC	1037951	1038000	50
2/2/1962	M2	1043001	1044000	800
5/17/1962	M2	1048001	1050000	2000
6/20/1962	M2	1050501	1055000	4250
8/27/1962	M2 ELC	1054901	1055000	100
11/5/1962	M2	1060501	1063000	2400
2/20/1963	M2 ELC	1061701	1061800	100
3/11/1963	M2	1068001	1070000	2000
7/2/1963	M2	1074501	1077000	2500
10/10/1963	M2	1085501	1088000	2500
1/16/1964	M2	1091301	1093800	2150
3/16/1964	M2 ELC	1093751	1093800	50
7/10/1964	M2	1098301	1100000	1600
8/19/1964	M2 ELC	1099801	1099900	100
3/17/1965	M2	1102901	1103000	100
11/3/1964	M2	1103001	1105000	1900
1/26/1965	M2 ELC	1104901	1105000	100
1/26/1965	M2	1107001	1109000	2000
4/29/1965	M2	1112001	1115000	3000
8/18/1965	M2	1130301	1133000	2600
11/8/1965	M2 ELC	1132901	1133000	100
1/26/1966	M2	1137001	1139000	1900
4/18/1966	M2 ELC	1138901	1139000	100
5/3/1966	M2	1142001	1145000	3000
9/30/1966	M2	1161421	1162400	980
9/30/1966	M2	1162451	1163770	1320
9/30/1966	M2	1164047	1164550	504
12/28/1966	M2	1164551	1164845	295
4/3/1967	M2	1164941	1165000	60

8/28/1969

M2-R Chrome with M4 Rapid Loading

1248201

1250200

2000

12/19/1958	M2 Black	948601	949100	500
3/21/1960	M2 Black	990501	990750	250
8/18/1961	M2 Black	1031801	1032000	200
5/11/1962	M2 Black	1043801	1044000	200
7/5/1960	M2 Black with self timer.	1005101	1005350	250
10/24/1962	M2 Black	1053101	1053250	150
8/5/1963	M2 Black	1075001	1075300	300
4/8/1964	M2 Black	1093501	1093750	250
8/18/1965	M2 Black	1130001	1130300	300
11/24/1966	M2 Black	1162401	1162450	50
7/12/1968	M2 Black	1207000	1207000	1

1/30/1967

M2 M Motor

1163771

1164046

276

Ed. Note: This was Leica's first electric motor drive M camera, appearing some 6 months before the M4-M. An unknown number of motorized M2's exist, modified by Leitz NY, without the M2-M engraving. Yet, the a motorized M2 was actually available five years earlier. The 1962 Camcraft N-5 Motor' made by Camcraft of Madison Wisconsin offered speeds to 3.6 frames per second at speeds from 1/50th to 1/1000th. Craftcraft offered to modify the M2, M1, or MP for motor use. It has a large separate battery pack, connected by coil similar to the separate battery pack originally used on the Nikon F. A MOOLY like lever on the front on the camera connected the shutter release to the motor underneath the camera which was attached to a somewhat awkward vertical style handgrip. Camcraft even offered 'remote activating devices' on special order. The motor was $298.50, the battery packs ran from $10.50 to 42.50. The wet cell charging device was $8.95 more. Somewhat later the noted camera repairman and photographic writer Norman Goldberg invented the 'Remodrive' manufactured by TPI (Technical Photomation Instruments) in Los Angeles. Leica liked the Remodrive design so much they bought the rights and manufactured it themselves, turning it into the M2-M and M4-M motor! Production of the 'Camcraft' and 'Remodrive' is unknown, but limited.

8/29/1960

M2 Luftwaffe Grey (enamel)

1005751

1005770

Ed: Please note earlier M3's could be updated by Leica and Leica authorized repairmen with later M3 features. The most common updates were updates from double stroke advance to single stroke advance, and the addition of the frameline preview lever.

1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	700000	700000	1
1/1/1954	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	700001	710000	10000
1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	730001	746450	16449
1/1/1955	M3 ELC (Exact Date Unrecorded)	746451	746500	50
1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	746501	750000	3500
1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	750001	759700	9700
1/1/1955	M3 ELC (Exact Date Unrecorded)	759701	760000	300
1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	775001	780000	5000
1/1/1955	M3 ELC (Exact Date Unrecorded)	780001	780100	100
1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	780101	787000	6900
1/1/1955	M3 from 782001 top plate changed, without 4 screw holes	782001	.	.
1/1/1955	M3 from 785801 with preview lever	785801	.	.
1/1/1955	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	800000	807500	7500
1/1/1955	M3 ELC (Exact Date Unrecorded)	805001	805100	100
3/21/1956	M3	816001	820500	4400
3/23/1956	M3 ELC	816901	817000	100
6/15/1956	M3 ELC	829851	830000	150
5/4/1956	M3	830001	837500	7500
7/21/1956	M3 ELC	837501	837620	120
1/1/1956	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	837721	839620	1900
1/1/1956	M3 ELC (Exact Date Unrecorded)	839621	839700	80
1/1/1956	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	839701	840500	800
1/1/1956	M3 ELC (Exact Date Unrecorded)	840501	840820	320
1/1/1956	M3 (Exact Date Unrecorded)	840821	845000	4180
10/26/1956	M3 ELC	844781	845000	220
11/5/1956	M3	851001	854000	3000
1/5/1957	M3 new shutter speed sequence	854001	858000	4000
1/5/1967	M3 from 856000 with metal film pressure plate rather than glass	856000	.	.
2/14/1957	M3	862001	866620	4620
3/22/1957	M3 ELC	866621	867000	380
3/25/1957	M3	872001	877000	5000
6/5/1957	M3	882001	886700	4700
7/30/1957	M3 ELC	886701	887000	300
8/13/1957	M3	893001	898000	4430
8/26/1957	M3 ELC	894001	984570	570
9/25/1957	M3	898001	903000	5000
11/25/1957	M3 ELC	903001	903300	300
11/28/1957	M3	910001	916000	5700
11/20/1957	M3	915001	915200	200
1/14/1958	M3	916001	919250	3250
3/26/1958	M3 with depth of field mask, single stroke film advance	919251	924500	5229
4/22/1958	M3 ELC still with double stroke film advance	924401	924500	100
4/23/1958	M3	926701	929000	2300
2/26/1959	M3	950301	951900	1600
3/19/1959	M3 ELC	951901	952000	100
4/15/1959	M3	952501	955000	2300
4/22/1959	M3 ELC	954801	954900	100
4/29/1959	M3 ELC	954901	955000	100
5/14/1959	M3	957001	959400	2400
6/24/1959	M3 ELC	961501	961700	200
6/24/1959	M3	961701	966500	4800
7/22/1959	M3 ELC	968351	968500	150
8/24/1959	M3	972001	974700	2700
10/2/1959	M3 ELC	974701	975000	300
10/9/1959	M3	976501	979500	3000
12/7/1959	M3 ELC	984001	984200	200
12/7/1959	M3	984201	987000	2800
2/3/1960	M3 ELC	987001	987200	200
2/10/1960	M3	990751	993750	2750
4/13/1960	M3	996001	1000000	4000
5/31/1960	M3 ELC	998001	998300	300
7/5/1960	M3	1000001	1004000	4000
7/5/1960	M3 # 1000070 exists two times	1000070	1000070	.
8/17/1960	M3 ELC	1003701	1004000	300
9/13/1960	M3	1007001	1011000	4000
11/21/1960	M3 ELC	1014001	1014300	300
11/21/1960	M3	1014301	1017000	2700
1/19/1961	M3	1022001	1028000	5500
1/19/1961	M3 ELC	1022701	1023000	300
4/13/1961	M3 ELC	1027801	1028000	200
6/9/1961	M3	1032001	1035400	3400
7/28/1961	M3 ELC	1036051	1036350	300
8/9/1961	M3	1038001	1040000	1800
9/13/1961	M3 5 made with M1 batch # 1040067 1040068, 1040071, 1040095, 1040096	1040067	1040096	5
10/11/1961	M3	1040601	1043000	2400
2/2/1962	M3	1044001	1046000	2000
3/16/1962	M3	1046501	1048000	1300
6/12/1962	M3 ELC	1047801	1048000	200
6/20/1962	M3	1055001	1060000	4800
11/5/1962	M3	1063001	1067500	4100
11/21/1962	M3 ELC	1065001	1065200	200
3/11/1963	M3	1070001	1074000	4000
7/2/1963	M3	1077001	1080000	3000
10/10/1963	M3	1088001	1091000	3000
1/16/1964	M3	1093801	1098000	4050
3/16/1964	M3 ELC	1097851	1098000	15
7/10/1964	M3	1100001	1102000	1950
11/3/1964	M3	1105001	1107000	1900
1/26/1965	M3 ELC	1106901	1107000	100
1/26/1965	M3	1109001	1110500	1500
4/29/1965	M3	1110501	1112000	1500
6/30/1965	M3	1128401	1130000	1600
9/7/1965	M3	1133001	1136000	3000
11/8/1965	M3 ELC	1135001	1135100	100
2/11/1966	M3 with Star	1135001	1135100	100
1/26/1966	M3	1139001	1141000	1900
4/18/1966	M3 ELC	1140901	1141000	100
5/3/1966	M3	1155001	1158000	3000
9/30/1966	M3	1158001	1158500	500
9/30/1966	M3	1158511	1158995	485
2/2/1967	M3	1164846	1164865	20

6/3/1959	M3 Black	959401	959500	100
3/21/1960	M3 Black	993501	993750	250
8/18/1961	M3 Black	1038801	1039000	200
10/24/1962	M3 Black	1059850	1059999	150
8/5/1963	M3 Black	1078501	1078800	300
4/8/1964	M3 Black	1097701	1097850	150
11/12/1965	M3 Black	1134001	1134150	150
12/2/1966	M3 Black	1157591	1157600	10
1/26/1967	M3 Black	1158501	1158510	10

12/20/1957	M3 Green (enamel)	910501	910600	100
3/26/1958	M3 Green (enamel)	920501	920251	21
9/10/1964	M3 Green (enamel)	1100401	1100450	50
2/6/1967	M3 Green (enamel)	1158996	1159000	5
7/30/1968	M3 Green (enamel)	1206962	1205999	38

9/27/1956	MP	1	11	11
2/14/1957	MP	12	500	489
6/24/1957	MP Black	13	150	137
6/24/1957	MP Chrome	151	450	298
6/24/1957	MP Black	213	214	2

Ed. Note: Per Nakamura's 'Leica Collection,' only 137 black MP's from MP13 to MP150 were produced, and only 251 chrome MP's numbered MP151 to MP402 respectively. He states production was stopped due to poor sales. Buyer beware. For every MP that left the factory, there are probably 20 or more being offered for sale with the same serial number.

8/19/1958	MP2	935501	935512	12
4/3/1959	MP2	952001	952015	15

11/28/1966	M4	1175001	1178000	3000
4/27/1967	M4 ELC	1178001	1178100	100
12/28/1966	M4	1178101	1185000	6900
7/19/1967	M4 ELC	1183001	1183100	100
7/19/1967	M4	1185001	1195000	10000
5/3/1968	M4	1207481	1215000	7520
1/22/1969	M4	1225801	1235000	9200
1/2/1970	M4	1250201	1254650	4450
11/24/1970	M4	1267501	1273921	6421
1/20/1975	M4 Canada	1412551	1413350	800

Ed: Earlier Black M4's had a black enamel finish, later M4's (presumably dating from about the introduction of the M5) used a black chrome finish. The black enamel M4's generally command a premium to collectors over the black chrome.

7/20/1967	M4 Black	1181501	1182000	500
5/3/1968	M4 Black	1185151	1185290	140
5/3/1968	M4 Black	1207001	1207480	480
1/22/1969	M4 Black	1225001	1225800	800
8/28/1969	M4 Black	1246201	1248100	1900
6/11/1970	M4 Black	1266001	1266100	100
6/11/1970	M4 Black	1266132	1267100	969
2/4/1971	M4 Black	1286201	1286700	500
1/16/1974	M4 Black	1380001	400	400
1/16/1974	M4 Black repro	1380401	1380450	50
1/16/1974	M4 Black	1380451	1382050	1600
1/16/1974	M4 Black engraved E. Leitz Canada	1382051	1382600	550
6/7/1974	M4 Black	1384001	1384600	600
1/20/1975	M4 Black	1413351	1414150	1800
7/22/1975	M4 Black	1414151	1415000	850
7/22/1975	M4 Black	1443001	1443170	170

Ed. Note: Reportedly about 200 M4's were built on MDa bodies. They are identifiable by their lack of a self timer, and the insert for the MDa data strip. Pics of # Black M4 1414964 can be seen here.

8/18/1967	M4-M	1185001	1185300	300
5/29/1969	M4-M	1206737	1206751	15
12/1/1968	M4 Mot	1206752	1206891	140
6/11/1970	M4 Mot	1267101	1267500	400
12/4/1970	M4 Mot	1274001	1274100	100

Leica Summicron-m 50mm F2 Serial Numbers

Ed. Note: All M4-M's and M4-MOT's I have seen were black enamel, as opposed to the later black chrome finish. Apparently a good number of these were sold to the US Navy. About half I have seen are former US Navy cameras, usually in beaten condition. Per the Leica Viewfinder, October 1973, 35 M4-MOTs were converted to data cameras with a MDa type data strip and the removal of their motor connection.

10/8/1970

M4 Green (enamel)

1266101

1266131

8/20/1971	M4 KE-7 (black chrome)	1294501	1295000	500
8/31/1972	M4 KE-7 (black chrome)	1293771	1293775	5

12/7/1977	M4-2 ELC	1480001	1482000	2000
4/4/1978	M4-2 ELC	1502001	1504000	2000
7/6/1978	M4-2 ELC	1504001	1506000	2000
12/12/1978	M4-2 ELC	1506001	1508000	2000
6/27/1979	M4-2 ELC	1525351	1527350	2000
9/27/1979	M4-2 ELC	1527351	1529350	2000
11/16/1979	M4-2 ELC	1529351	1531350	2000
1/16/1980	M4-2 ELC	1531351	1533350	2000

M4-2 HALF FRAME: Ed: Please note this Leica supplied list has ZERO M-4-2 Half Frames as production cameras

2/16/1993

M4-2 gold

1932001

1932002

Leica Summicron Vs Summilux 50mm

7/1/1980	M4-P	1543351	1545350	2000
10/21/1980	M4-P	1546351	1548350	2000
11/26/1980	M4-P	1548351	1550350	2000
2/19/1981	M4-P	1550351	1552350	2000
10/21/1981	M4-P	1562351	1564350	2000
1/7/1982	M4-P	1586351	1588350	2000
1/22/1982	M4-P	1588351	1590350	2000
9/15/1982	M4-P	1604551	1606550	2000
1/12/1983	M4-P	1618551	1620550	2000
4/15/1983	M4-P	1620551	1622550	2000
8/10/1983	M4-P	1636551	1637550	1000
1/17/1984	M4-P	1642551	1643750	1200
3/6/1984	M4-P	1649251	1651250	2000
3/4/1986	M4-P ELW Assembled in Wetzlar	1691951	1692950	1000

Ed. Note: Some later M4-P's have M6 features such as a flush viewfinder windows and single sync post. More Info:

M4-P HALF FRAME: Ed: Please note this Leica supplied list has ZERO M-4-P Half Frames as production cameras

3/4/1986

M4-P ELW, 270 of which are M6, but numbers not recorded, Canada engraving

1691951

1692950

1000

Ed: Black M5's used the newly introduced Black Chrome finish instead of the previous black enamel, which would go on to become the standard black finish of later M's. The M5 was the first production camera to use Black chrome. The second was the 110 format Kodak Instamatic 60 'Pro.' Collectors have lamented the change ever since.

2/4/1971	M5 0-Series	1287001	1287250	250
8/18/1971	M5 Black	1287251	1288000	750
10/1/1971	M5 Black	1289001	1291400	2400
4/19/1972	M5 Black	1347001	1350000	3000
8/15/1972	M5 Black	1350001	1354000	4000
12/11/1972	M5 Black	1356501	1360000	3500
2/27/1973	M5 Black	1363001	1365000	2000
10/12/1973	M5 Black	1375001	1378000	3000
4/18/1974	M5 Black	1383001	1384000	1000
8/18/1971	M5 Chrome	1288001	1289000	1000
10/1/1971	M5 Chrome	1291401	1293000	1600
1/5/1972	M5 Chrome	1296501	1300000	3500
4/19/1972	M5 Chrome	1345001	1347000	2000
8/15/1972	M5 Chrome	1354001	1355000	1000
12/11/1972	M5 Chrome	1355001	1356500	1500
2/27/1973	M5 Chrome	1361501	1363000	1500
11/8/1973	M5 Chrome	1378001	1379000	1000
4/18/1974	M5 Chrome	1382601	1383000	400
6/1/1992	M5 Chrome	1918001	1918020	20

7/16/1971	CL	1300001	1335000	35000
2/25/1974	CL	1395001	1410000	15000
6/7/1974	CL	1425001	1440000	15000

7/30/1984	M6	1657251	1659250	2000
1/21/1985	M6	1665351	1669350	4000
5/8/1985	M6	1674351	1678350	4000
6/16/1985	M6	1678351	1682350	4000
10/22/1985	M6 Chrome	1682351	1682950	600
2/7/1986	M6	1687951	1691950	4000
8/19/1986	M6	1701451	1704600	3150
8/19/1986	M6	1704800	1705450	650
11/14/1986	M6 chrome	1705451	1707450	2000
11/12/1986	M6 black	1707451	1711450	4000
1/6/1987	M6 chrome	1711451	1714450	3000
7/3/1987	M6 black	1724451	1728450	4000
2/25/1988	M6 chrome	1738451	1741450	3000
2/25/1988	M6 black	1741451	1745450	4000
10/20/1988	M6 chrome	1755451	1758450	3000
10/28/1988	M6 black	1758451	1762450	4000
8/25/1989	M6 chrome	1772501	1775000	2500
4/12/1990	M6 chrome	1777001	1777500	500
6/29/1990	M6 black	1779001	1782000	3000
10/8/1990	M6 black	1783001	1786000	3000
1/28/1991	M6 chrome	1790001	1790500	500
2/1/1991	M6 chrome	1790501	1791000	500
4/16/1991	M6 chrome	1793001	1794500	1500
4/26/1991	M6 black	1794501	1797000	2500
8/22/1991	M6 chrome	1903501	1904500	1000
9/4/1991	M6 black	1904501	1906500	2000
9/4/1991	M6 chrome	1906501	1907500	1000
4/3/1992	M6 chrome	1914001	1915000	1000
4/28/1992	M6 black	1915001	1918000	3000
6/1/1992	M6 chrome	1918021	1919020	1000
9/4/1992	M6 chrome	1926001	1928000	2000
10/27/1992	M6 chrome	1928001	1931000	3000
12/10/1992	M6 chrome	1931001	1932000	1000
5/25/1993	M6 chrome	1935001	1936000	1000
6/17/1993	M6 chrome	1936001	1937000	1000
10/1/1993	M6 chrome	1991001	1993000	2000
11/15/1993	M6 black	1995001	1997000	2000
3/17/1994	M6 chrome	2000011	2000999	989
6/15/1994	M6 chrome	2001354	2001999	645
7/11/1994	M6 chrome	2002101	2003000	900
7/28/1994	M6 black	2003001	2004000	1000
8/15/1994	M6 chrome	2004001	2005000	1000
9/6/1994	M6 chrome	2005001	2005941	941
9/6/1994	M6 black	2005942	2007000	1059
11/7/1994	M6 chrome	2009001	2011000	2000
1/17/1995	M6 black	2063001	2065000	2000
4/10/1995	M6 chrome	2168001	2170000	2000
6/12/1995	M6 black	2171201	2173000	1800
8/10/1995	M6 chrome	2174001	2176000	2000
9/27/1995	M6 black	2179001	2181000	2000
12/1/1995	M6 chrome	2184001	2185000	1000
12/7/1995	M6 chrome	2235001	2236000	1000
5/29/1996	M6 black	2279001	2280500	1500
9/10/1996	M6 black	2284126	2284999	874
10/14/1996	M6 chrome	2287501	2288500	1000
10/17/1996	M6 black	2288501	2289500	1000
10/24/1996	M6 chrome	2289501	2290500	1000
4/16/1997	M6 chrome	2331001	2332000	1000
6/3/1997	M6 black	2414001	2416000	2000
7/15/1997	M6 chrome	2418001	2419000	1000
7/28/1997	M6 chrome	2419001	2420000	1000
10/15/1997	M6 chrome	2422001	2423000	1000
10/17/1997	M6 black	2423001	2425000	2000
10/22/1997	M6 chrome	2425001	2427000	2000
1/23/1998	M6 chrome	2431501	2431600	100
1/23/1998	M6 black	2431601	2431800	200
2/5/1998	M6 black	2431801	2433800	2000
4/24/1998	M6 black	2455801	2457800	2000
6/8/1998	M6 chrome	2463801	2463850	50
6/8/1998	M6 black	2463851	2464100	250
6/26/1998	M6 black	2470101	2470300	200

3/4/1986	M-6 Canada engraving, 270 with unrecorded numbers in a batch of 1000 M4-P ELW	1691951	1692950	270
1/19/1989	M6 platinum	1757001	1758001	1000
8/25/1989	M6 special engraving for Japan	1774001	1774125	125
9/8/1992	M6 Columbus engraving chrome	1907101	1907300	200
12/10/1992	M6 Rooster	1928200	1928300	100
12/10/1992	M6 Rooster	1929001	1929199	200
10/11/1993	M6 Foto Royal engraving	1937001	1937101	101
11/10/1993	M6 LHSA engraving chrome	1938000	1938150	150
2/3/1994	M6 gold Thailand	2000000	2000000	1
6/3/1994	M6 gold with Brunei engr.	2001000	2001353	350
6/3/1994	M6 Royal-England engr.	2002000	2002100	100
8/10/1995	M6 gold Thailand	2176001	2176700	700
8/10/1995	M6 platinum Brunei	2177001	2177250	250
4/9/1996	M6 platinum Brunei	2278001	2278211	200
4/9/1996	M6 platinum Schmidt Group (151 out of 288)	2278301	2278588	151
7/12/1996	M6 platinum with diamond Brunei	2283001	2283125	125
7/12/1996	M6 gold with diamond Brunei	2283201	2283325	125
7/12/1996	M6 platinum	2283401	2283525	125
7/12/1996	M6 gold	2283601	2283625	125
3/18/1997	M6 stock exchange engr.for Leica Museum 1	2300000	2300000	1
3/18/1997	M6 stock exchange engr.	2300001	2300996	996

6/19/1998	M6 TTL	2466101	2470100	4000
9/24/1998	M6 TTL	2470301	2475300	5000
1/5/1999	M6 TTL	2477301	2482300	5000

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Latest update, July 20, 2019

Thanks to Justin Scott, Melbourne, Australia for the foundation of this compendium.
Additional R data courtesy of Douglas Herr of WildlightPhoto.com
Thanks for addition information from Leica Camera AG and Ken Rockwell

Lens	F/	Intro.	Code	Info
Leica fixed prime lenses Fixed lenses on cameras
Summarit (Leica Minilux)	40mm	2.4	1995
Summarit (Leica CM) [said to have improved coating]	40mm	2.4	2007
Anastigmat (Leitz I)	50mm	3.5	1920
Elmax (Leitz I)	50mm	3.5	1925
Elmar (Leitz Elmar I close-focus)	50mm	3.5	1926	LEICA
Anastigmat (Leitz II retro)	50mm	3.5	18 010	2002
Leica Digilux (Leica Digilux)	35mm	3.2
Leica Elmarit ASPH on Leica X1 (36mm equivalent )	24mm	2.8	-
Leica Summilux ASPH on Leica Q Typ 116 and Leica Q2	28mm	1.7	2015
Leica fixed zoom lenses Fixed zoom lenses on cameras
Vario-Elmar (Leica Minilux Zoom)	35 - 70mm	3.5 - 6.5
Vario-Elmar (Leica CM Zoom)	35 - 70mm	3.5 - 6.5	2007
DC Vario-Summicron ASPH 7-21mm (Digilux 1)	33-100mm	2.0 - 2.5	2000
DC Vario-Summicron ASPH 7-22mm (Digilux 2)	28 - 90mm	2.0 - 2.4	2006
DC Vario-Elmarit ASPH 7.4 - 88.8mm (Leica V-Lux 1)	35 - 420mm	2.8 - 3.7	2006
DC Vario-Elmarit ASPH 6.3 - 25.2 mm (Leica D-Lux 2)	28 - 110mm	2.8 – 4.9
DC Vario-Elmarit ASPH 6.3 - 25.2mm(Leica D-Lux 3)	28 - 110mm	2.8 - 4.9	2007
DC Vario-Elmarit ASPH 4.6 - 16.8mm (Leica C-Lux 1)	28 - 102mm	2.8 - 5.6	2006
DC Vario-Elmarit ASPH 4.6 - 16.8mm (Leica C-Lux 2)	28 - 102mm	2.8 - 5.6	2005
Leica Screw Mount Lenses 'M39' 'LMT' Screw-thread lenses for Leica II, 250FF, III, 250GG, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIc, Ic, IIIf, If, IIf, If, IIIg, Ig (most are compatible with Leica M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9, ME and Leica M Type 240 with an adaptor)
Super-Angulon (Schneider)	21mm	4.0	1958	SUOON
Hektor (chrome)	28mm	6.3	1935	HOOPY
Hektor (nickel)	28mm	6.3	1945
Hektor (chrome)	28mm	6.3	1946	HOOPY
Summaron	28mm	5.6	1963
Elmar (nickel heavy cam)	35mm	3.5	1930	EKURZ
Elmar (nickel)	35mm	3.5	1933
Elmar (chrome)	35mm	3.5	1933	EKURZ
Elmar (chrome post-war)	35mm	3.5	1950
Summaron A36	35mm	3.5	1948	SOONC
Summaron E39	35mm	3.5	1960
Summaron	35mm	2.8	1958	SIMOO
Summicron (I) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	2.0	11 008	1963
Hektor (nickel) <100,000	50mm	2.5	1930	HEKTO
Elmar	50mm	3.5	1930
Hektor (nickel)	50mm	2.5	1931	HEKTO
Elmar nickel	50mm	3.5	1936
Hektor (chrome)	50mm	2.5	1933	HEKTO
Summar (chrome rigid)	50mm	2.0	1940
Summar (chrome)	50mm	2.0	1933	SUMAR
Summar (nickel rigid)	50mm	2.0	1940
Summar (nickel)	50mm	2.0	1933	SUMAR
Elmar chrome A36 uncoated	50mm	3.5	1945
Xenon (Schneider)	50mm	1.5	1936	XEMOO
Xenon (Schneider) Taylor-Hobson	50mm	1.5	1950
Summitar < 600,000	50mm	2.0	1939	SOORE
Elmar chrome A36 post-war	50mm	3.5	1951
Summitar > 600,000	50mm	2.0	1946	SOORE
Summarit	50mm	1.5	1960
Summitar *	50mm	2.0	1950	SOORE
Elmar 'red scale'	50mm	3.5	1959
Summicron (collapsible) < 1,000,000	50mm	2.0	1953	SOOIC
Summicron (collapsible)	50mm	2.0	1960
Summicron (II) (rigid)	50mm	2.0	1956	SOOIC
Elmar	50mm	2.8	1962
Summicron (II) Compur	50mm	2.0	1959	SOOIC
Summilux (I)	50mm	1.4	1963
Hektor (all black)	73mm	1.9	1931	HEGRA
Hektor	73mm	1.9	1946
Summarex (black)	85mm	1.5	1948	SOOCX
Summarex (chrome)	85mm	1.5	1960
Elmar (un-coupled) fas	90mm	4.0	1930	ELANG
Elmar (thick < 100,000) 'Thick Niner'	90mm	4.0	1931
Elmar (thick coupled) 'Thick Niner'	90mm	4.0	1931	ELANG
Elmar (black nickel) 'Thin Niner'	90mm	4.0	1933
Elmar (black) 'Thin Niner'	90mm	4.0	1933	ELANG
Thambar	90mm	2.2	1939
Elmar (all chrome)	90mm	4.0	1946	ELANG
Elmar (chrome A36)	90mm	4.0	1954
Elmar (chrome E39)	90mm	4.0	1954	ELANG
Summicron (I) removable lens-hood [Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	1959
Summicron (I) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	1959	SEOOF
Elmarit	90mm	2.8	11 029	1963
Elmar (3 element)	90mm	4.0	1964	ELANG
Elmar (black)	105mm	6.3	1937
Elmar (chrome)	105mm	6.3	1933	ELZEN
Elmar	135mm	4.5	1936
Hektor (black)	135mm	4.5	1933	HEFAR
Hektor A36	135mm	4.5	1954
Hektor E39	135mm	4.5	1954	HEFAR
Elmar	135mm	4.0	11 750	1964
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Hologon (Zeiss)	15mm	8.0	11 003	1976
Super-Elmar-M ASPH	18mm	3.8	2009
Super-Angulon (Schneider)	21mm	4.0	11 102	1963
Super-Angulon chrome (Schneider, designer Werner Wagner)	21mm	3.4	1963
Super-Angulon black (Schneide, designer Werner Wagnerr)	21mm	3.4	11 103	1980
Elmarit-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	21mm	2.8	1980	6*
Elmarit-M ASPH black	21mm	2.8	11 135	2011
Elmarit-M ASPH silver	21mm	2.8	1997	PDF 6*
Summilux-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe)	21mm	1.4	-
Super-Elmar-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe)	21mm	3.4	2011
Tri-Elmar-M ASPH	16/18/21mm	4.0	?	-
Elmarit-M ASPH black	24mm	2.8	1998	PDF 6*
Elmarit-M ASPH silver	24mm	2.8	11 898	2005
Summilux-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe)	24mm	1.4	2008
Elmar-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe)	24mm	3.8	-
Elmarit (I)	28mm	2.8	1965
Elmarit (II)	28mm	2.8	11 801	1980
Elmarit-M (III)	28mm	2.8	1979	PDF 6*
Elmarit-M (IV)	28mm	2.8	11 809	2006
Tri-Elmar-M ASPH black	28/35/50mm	4.0	1998	PDF 6*
Tri-Elmar-M ASPH silver	28/35/50mm	4.0	11 894	2000
Summicron-M ASPH Version I black	28mm	2.0	2000	PDF 6*
Summicron-M ASPH silver anodized alu (limited production 500 pcs)	28mm	2.0	11 661	2008
Summicron-M ASPH Version II black. Updated optical design with improvements for digital use (coatings and higher resution power).	28mm	2.0	2018	PDF 6*
Summicron-M ASPH sepia brown limited edition Lenny Kravitz. Made for the 'Drifter' limited adition set (125 pcs made) of Leica M 246 Monochrom, 28mm Summicron and 75mm APO-Summicron. Camera and lenses all in sepia brown with brass details.	28mm	2.0	2019
Elmarit-M ASPH	28mm	2.8	2006	PDF 6*
Summilux-M ASPH stainless steel limited anniversary edition Limited production of 101 pcs to go with a Leica M-A film camera and M Monochrom camera in celebration of the Leica 100 year anniversary. The set with two cameras and three lenses (28mm, 35mm and 50mm Summilux lenses) is all in stainless steel.	28mm	1.4	2014
Summilux-M ASPH black	28mm	1.4	2015	ArticlePDF
Summilux-M ASPH silver limited edition in 300 pcs.	28mm	1.4	11 911	2019
Summaron-M chrome brass (Remake of the 1955-1963 screw mount version)	28mm	5.6	2016
Summaron-M matte black (Matte black version of the 2016 remake of the 1955-1963 screw mount version, now with M-mount. First as Japan limited edition in only 50 pcs in 2018 (numbered 01/50 etc serials on front), then made as a Leica worldwide limited edition in 2019 in 500 pcs)	28mm	5.6	11 928	2019
Summaron	35mm	3.5	1956	SOONC
Summicron (I) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	2.0	11 308	1969
Summicron (I) black	35mm	2.8	1958	SAWOM
Summaron	35mm	2.8	1974
Summilux (I) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	1.4	1961
Summilux (II) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	1.4	11 870	1995
Summicron (II) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	2.0	1969
Summicron (III) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	2.0	11 309	1979
Summicron-M (IV) black [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] Version 4, also knowns as 'King of Bokeh'. German/Canada vers. Serial 2974251 to 3880946. 10 aperture blades. Exists with Yellow /white and red /white focusing scale.	35mm	2.0	1979	Article 6*
Summicron-M (IV) silver [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] Version 4, also knowns as 'King of Bokeh'. German/Canada vers. Serial 2974251 to 3880946. 10 aperture blades. Approximately 10% of existing lenses was made in silver.	35mm	2.0	11 311	1997(9)	260g
Summilux-M Aspherical (III)	35mm	1.4	1990
Summilux-M ASPH (IV) black	35mm	1.4	11 874	2011	250g
Summilux-M ASPH (IV) silver	35mm	1.4	1994	Article 6* PDF
Summicron-M ASPH black	35mm	2.0	11 879	-	255g
Summicron-M ASPH silver	35mm	2.0	1996	Article 6* PDF
Summarit-M	35mm	2.5	-
Summilux-M ASPH (V) FLE FLoating Elements [by Peter Karbe]	35mm	1.4	2010
Summilux-M ASPH Titanium (V)FLE limited edition with M9 Titanium,500 pcs. only, [Peter Karbe & Walter de'Silva]	35mm	1.4	2010
Summilux-M ASPH (V) FLE stainless steel limited anniversary edition Limited production of 101 pcs to go with a Leica M-A film camera and M Monochrom camera in celebration of the Leica 100 year anniversary. The set with two cameras and three lenses (28mm, 35mm and 50mm Summilux lenses) is all in stainless steel.	35mm	1.4	2014
Elmarit-C	40mm	2.8	11 541	1973
Summicron-C	40mm	2.0	1973
Elmar E39	50mm	3.5	11 610	1961
Summicron (II) Rigid [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	1956	SOSIC
Summicron 'DS' (II)	50mm	2.0	1968
Elmar	50mm	2.8	1958	ELMOM
Summilux (I)	50mm	1.4	1961
Summicron (II) black	50mm	2.0	1960	SOSIC
Summilux (II) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	1.4	11 113 11 114	1992	360g
Summilux (III) black [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	1.4	1992	6*
Summilux (III) silver [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	1.4	11 856	2004	380g
Noctilux black	50mm	1.2	1966
Noctilux silver (prototype)	50mm	1.2	1966
ELCAN Summicron. 460 pcs. was made for the military Leica KE-7A and another 55 sold to the public.	50mm	2.0	1969
ELCAN Summicron collapsible. Prototype.	50mm	2.0	C276	1969
Summicron (III)	50mm	2.0	1969	6*
Noctilux-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	1.0	11 821	1993	580g
Noctilux-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] built-in hood	50mm	1.0	1994	Article 6* PDF
Summicron-M (IV) black [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	11 819 11 826	1994
Summicron-M (IV) silver [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	1992	PDF 6*
Summicron-M (IV) silver [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	11 816	2007
Elmar-M (collapsible) black	50mm	2.8	1995	PDF 6*
Elmar-M (collapsible) silver	50mm	2.8	11 823	2007
Summicron-M '50 Jahre SUMMICRON' chrome (lens design is the same as 1979-model '11 826', the lens body is chrome with silver in classic design; but without the locking mechanism at infinity)	50mm	2.0	2003	1,000 made
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe) black	50mm	1.4	11 891	-	335g
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe) silver	50mm	1.4	2004	6*
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH LHSA Silver (design by Peter Karbe) Silver limited LHSA edition in 1959 barrel design made of brass.	50mm	1.4	11 628	2005
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH LHSA Black (design by Peter Karbe) Black Paint limited LHSA edition in 1959 barrel design made of brass with ventilated hood in brass black paint (part no 12 586).	50mm	1.4	2005	6*
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH stainless steel limited anniversary edition Limited production of 101 pcs to go with a Leica M-A film camera and M Monochrom camera in celebration of the Leica 100 year anniversary. The set with two cameras and three lenses (28mm, 35mm and 50mm Summilux lenses) is all in stainless steel.	50mm	1.4	2014
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH Black Paint Brassed Lenny Kravitz (design by Peter Karbe) Black limited edition in 1959 barrel design as part of the Lenny Kravitz 'reporter' set delivered in a suitcase with M240 black paint camera. All parts brassed and then added a clear lacquer.	50mm	1.4	2015	6*
(APO-) Summilux-M ASPH Black Chrome (design by Peter Karbe) Black edition made of brass in 1959 barrel design, with bass clip-on hood. 500 pcs made, serial 4316136 to 4317002.	50mm	1.4	11 688	2015
Summarit-M	50mm	2.5	2007
Noctilux-M ASPH black (design by Peter Karbe)	50mm	0.95	-
Noctilux-M ASPH silver (design by Peter Karbe). 20 pcs. Limited Edition celebrating Leica Shop Vienna 20 year anniversary on June 16, 2011. Sold as set with either the Leica M9-P in silver or the Leica M3-P (another 20 screw-trad were made for this) film camera in silver.	50mm	0.95	2011
Noctilux-M ASPH silver (design by Peter Karbe). 50 pcs. Limited Edition celebrating Leica Store Ginza Tokyo anniversary in March 2012. Sold as set with the limited edition white Leica M9-P in silver.	50mm	0.95	2012
Noctilux-M ASPH silver Hermes Limited Edition set Lens design by Peter Karbe, lens and camera body re-design by Walter de'Silva. This is a redesign of the lens barrel texture, in anodized silver and with Hermes orange numbers. Body re-design in silver chrome finish with Veau Swift burnt tan calfskin leather. Only available in 100 pcs. limited set of Leica M9-P Hermes Limited Edition Jean-Louis Dumaswith three lenses; 50mm Noctilux, 50mm Summilux and 28mm Summicron. Also with a limited edition Hermes Camera Bag. Price for the set at the release date May 10, 2012 - delivery July 2012- was € 40,000 / $ 50,000 for the set. Another 300 sets Leica M9-P Hermes Limited Edition with the Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH Hermes Limited Edition was released as well, price € 20,000 / 25,000$.	28mm (100 pcs) 50mm (100 pcs) 50mm (400 pcs)	2.0 0.95 1.4	2012
APO-Summicron-M ASPH	50mm	2.0
ELCAN-M (produced for the US millietary)	66mm	2.0	1964
'Noctilux' special lens attached to M3 camera (prototype?)	75mm	0.85
Leitz Summilux-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] 60mm filters, 490g, bayonet hood 12 539. Same optics 1980-2007.	75mm	1.4	1980	6*
Leitz Summilux-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] 60mm filters, 560g, built-in hood. Same optics 1980-2007.	75mm	1.4	11 815	1998	560g
Leica Summilux-M [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler] 60mm filters, 560g, built-in hood. Same optics 1980-2007. Inscription on 75mm Summilux lenses: LEICA LENS MADE IN CANADA XXXXXXX LEITZ SUMMILUX-M from serial no 325XXXX LEICA SUMMILUX-M from serial no (?) (The information elsewhere that the Leica inscription begins at serial no 395XXXX is wrong, it starts earlier).	75mm	1.4	1998	PDF 6*
Leica Noctilux-M ASPH [Lens design by Peter Karbe] 67 mm filters, built-in lens hood.	75mm	1.25	11 676	-	1055g
APO-Summicron-M ASPH (design by Peter Karbe)	75mm	2.0	2005	PDF 6*
APO-Summicron-M ASPH sepia brown limited edition Lenny Kravitz. Made for the 'Drifter' limited adition set (125 pcs made) of Leica M 246 Monochrom, 28mm Summicron and 75mm APO-Summicron. Camera and lenses all in sepia brown with brass details.	75mm	2.0	2019
Summarit-M	75mm	2.5	2007
ELCAN-M (produced for the US millietary by Leitz Canada)	90mm	1.0	1965
Elmar (rigid) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	4.0	1954	ELGAM
Elmar (collapsible) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	4.0	11 631	1968
Summicron (I) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	1957	SOOZI
Elmarit [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.8	1974
Summicron (II) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	1959	SEOOM
Elmar (3 element)	90mm	4.0	11 830	1968
Tele-Elmarit (I) black [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.8	1964
Tele-Elmarit (I) chrome [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.8	11 800	1974
Elmar-C	90mm	4.0	1973
Tele-Elmarit (II) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.8	11 800	1990
Summicron-M (III) black [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	1980	Article 6*
Summicron-M (III) silver [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	11 137	1998
Elmarit-M black	90mm	2.8	1990	**Article 6***
Elmarit-M silver	90mm	2.8	11 808	2007
APO-Summicron-M ASPH black	90mm	2.0	1998	Article/PDF 6*
APO-Summicron-M ASPH silver	90mm	2.0	11 885	2004
Macro-Elmar-M black (collapsible) Set with Macro-Adapter M 14 409 black + angle viewfinder 12 531 + lens shade 12 575 (black)	90mm	4.0	2002	Article /PDF 6*
Macro-Elmar-M silver (collapsible) Set with Macro-Adapter M 14 409 black + angle viewfinder 12 531	90mm	4.0	11 634	2007
Macro-Elmar-M black (collapsible)	90mm	4.0	2014
Summarit-M	90mm	2.5	11 646	-
Summilux-M ASPH prototype (26 made)	90mm	1.5	2018
Thambar-M re-make of the legendary Thambar lens, now with M mount and 6-bit coding.	90mm	2.2	-
Elmar [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	4.0	1960
Elmar [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	4.0	11 850	1965
Elmarit (I) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	2.8	1963
Elmarit (II) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	2.8	11 829	1973
Tele-Elmar [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	4.0	1965
Elmarit-M (III)	135mm	2.8	11 829	1997
APO-Telyt-M	135mm	3.4	1998
Leica 6-bit coding for Leica M lenses
Leica M lens 6-BIT CODING From the introduction of the Leica M8 digital rangefinder all Leica M lenses were with a 6-BIT code so as to tell the camera which lens was mounted. This made it posible for the software to correct the image, and for the lens type to be read from the EXIF file. Most Leica M lenses can be sent to Leica Camera AG and get the 6-BIT code added. Alternatively one can buy a lens coder kit from a third part and ink code the lens (the Leica Camera AG coding is engraved). Since the introduction of the Leica M9 digital rangefinder another possibility also exist in that one can manually select which lens is on the camra and so get the adjustment and info the 6-BIT code else would give the camera. In this list the lenses that can be 6-bit coded is marked 6*	-
Leica M macro kits Leica M macro adapter rings and optics
Leitz macro ring(sits between body and lens) Silver finish made of brass. Can be stacked.	1975
Leica Macro-Adapter-M (sits between body and lens) Adjustable macro adapter	2014
Leica Macro-Adapter M (sits between body and lens) Came with the Leica 90mm Macro-Elmar-M lens no 11 634	14 409	2014
Leica Elpro 52mm Close-Up Lens (sits in front of lens) with 49 and 46mm step-up Rings. For Leica M and Leica TL lenses	2019
Visoflex 'Visoflex' lenses were made for Leicaflex and Leicaflex SL and Leicaflex SL2 ('Visoflex' lenses with R bayonet; mainly known as Telyt-R lenses) and for Leica rangefinder cameras (Visoflex lenses with screw-threat and using a Visoflex device between the camera and the lens (see definitions in the bottom of this site)). Can also be used for R3, R4, R6, R6.2, R7, R8, R9 (and Digilux 3 with an adapter). Some of these lenses are repeated in the R-lens section below for clarifying purposes.
Elmar	65mm	3.5	1960
Elmar-V	65mm	3.5	11 162	1984
Hektor	125mm	2.5	1954	HIKOO
Telyt	200mm	4.5	1960
Telyt	200mm	4.0	1959	TELOO
Telyt-V	280mm	4.8	11 914	1984
Telyt (I)	400mm	5.0	1936	TLCOO
Telyt (II)	400mm	5.0	1966
Telyt	500mm	5.6	1966
Telyt-R (1971-1995) Telyt (1971-1984)	400mm	6.8	11 966	1984/95
Telyt-R (with shoulder stock) (no cam) w/Televit focus device	560mm	5.6	1966
Telyt-R (1971-1995 with shoulder stock) Telyt (1971-1984)	560mm	6.8	11 864	1984/95	2,330 g
Leica R lenses R-lenses for R3, R4, R6, R6.2, R7, R8, R9 (can also be used on Digilux 3 with an adapter). Can be used on Leicaflex, SL and SL2 unless the lens has a ROM contact. Most are compatible with Leica M Type 240 using a R-to-M adaptor and EVF digital viewfinder for focusing
Super-Elmar-R (Zeiss)	15mm	3.5	1980
Super-Elmarit-R ASPH (Schneider)	15mm	2.8	11 326	2009	750 g
Elmarit-R 'fish-eye' (Minolta)	16mm	2.8	1975
Elmarit-R (I) (E82 filters) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	19mm	2.8	11 225	1990	500 g
Elmarit-R (II) (built-in filters) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	19mm	2.8	1990
Super-Angulon-R (Schneider) (can only be used with mirror up)	21mm	3.4	11 803	1968	228 g
Super-Angulon-R (Schneider)	21mm	4.0	1968
Elmarit-R (Minolta)	24mm	2.8	11 221	2006	400 g
Summilux-R (only a few prototypes exist, never produced)	28mm	1.4
Elmarit-R (I) 2-cam or 3-cam (lens hood #12509)	28mm	2.8	1970
Elmarit-R (I) olive-green 'safari' (for R3 Safari)	28mm	2.8	11 204	1994	275 g
Elmarit-R (II) (built-in lens hood)	28mm	2.8	1994
PC Super-Angulon-R (Schneider)	28mm	2.8	11 812	2009
Elmarit-R (I) black (lens hood #12564)	35mm	2.8	1964
Elmarit-R (I) silver chrome (lens hood #12564) (ca. 200 made)	35mm	2.8	11 201	1965
PA Curtagon-R (Schneider) (lens hood #12509)	35mm	4.0	1970
Summicron-R (I) (lens hood #12509)	35mm	2.0	11 227	1976	510 g
Elmarit-R (II) (lens hood #12509)	35mm	2.8	1973
Elmarit-R (III) (built-in lens hood)	35mm	2.8	11 231	1979	305 g
Summicron-R (II) (built-inlens hood) serial 2791417 and above [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	35mm	2.0	1977
Summilux-R (built-inlens hood)	35mm	1.4	11 143	2009	690 g
Noctilux-R (few prototypes exist, never produced)	52mm	1.2
Summicron-R (I) (chrome; only 200 produced) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	1964
Summicron-R (I) (lens hood #12564) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	11 228	1976	390 g
Summilux-R (I) (lens hood #12508) to serial 2806500	50mm	1.4	1970
Summilux-R (II) (olive-green 'safari' for the R3 Safari)	50mm	1.4	1980	400 g
Summilux-R (II) (gold for the R3 gold) (ca. 1,000 made)	50mm	1.4	1979
Summilux-R (II) (built-in lens hood) 3-cam	50mm	1.4	11 875	1998	400 g
Summicron-R (II) (olive-green 'safari' for the R3 Safari)	50mm	2.0	1976
Summicron-R (II) (built-in lens hood) [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	50mm	2.0	11 215	2009	290 g
Summilux-R (III) (built-in lens hood)	50mm	1.4	1998
Macro-Elmarit-R (I) 2-cam or 3-cam	60mm	2.8	11 205	?	390 g
Macro-Elmarit-R (II) s/n 3013651 or greater	60mm	2.8	1972
Elcan-R APO (special series for US Military; only 25 produced) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	75mm	2.0	C-341	1965
Summilux-R [Lens design by Dr. Walter Mandler]	80mm	1.4	1980
Elmarit-R (I) (built-in lens hood) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.8	11 229	1983	500 g
Summicron-R (I) (built-in lens hood, 2-pieces) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	1970
Summicron-R (II) (serial 3381677 or greater) (1-piece lens hood) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.0	11 219	2000	520 g
Elmarit-R (II) (built-in lens hood) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	90mm	2.8	1983
Apo-Summicron-R ASPH (III)	90mm	2.0	11 350	2009	520 g
Macro-Elmar-R (1:1 reproduction with bellows) (no cams)	100mm	4.0	1978
Macro-Elmar-R (1:3 reproduction) (3-cam)	100mm	4.0	11 232	1995	530 g
Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R	100mm	2.8	1987	Article PDF Erwin Puts PDF
Elmarit-R (I) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	2.8	11 111	1968	660 g
Elmarit-R (II) (s/n 3381676 and above) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	135mm	2.8	1968
Elcan-R APO (ca. 25 produced for US Military) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	180mm	3.4	C-303	1965
Elmarit-R (I) (1, 2 or 3 cam)	180mm	2.8	1968
Apo-Telyt-R [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	180mm	3.4	11 240	1998	750 g
Elmar-R	180mm	4.0	1976
Elmar-R olive-green 'safari' (for R3 Safari)	180mm	4.0	11 922	1996	540 g
Elmarit-R (II) (3 cam)	180mm	2.8	1980
Apo-Summicron-R	180mm	2.0	11 354	2006
Apo-Elmarit-R (I)	180mm	2.8	1998
Apo-Elmarit-R (II)	180mm	2.8	11 357	2009	970 g
Telyt-R (I) (2 or 3 cam) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	250mm	4.0	1970
Telyt-R (II) (3 cam) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	250mm	4.0	11 925	1994	1,230 g
Apo-Telyt-R (I) (E112 filters)	280mm	2.8	1984
Apo-Telyt-R (II) (serial 3492511 or greater) (Series 5.5 filters)	280mm	2.8	11 245	1996	2,800 g
Apo-Telyt-R	280mm	4.0	1993
Apo-Telyt-R Module	280mm	2.8	11 846	2009	3,740 g
Telyt-R (3 cam) [by Dr. Walter Mandler]	350mm	4.8	1980
Telyt-R (with shoulder stock) (no cam) with Televit grip	400mm	5.6	1968	2,350 g
Telyt-R (with shoulder stock) (no cam)	400mm	6.8	1968
Apo-Telyt-R (catalog number 11 260 or 11 256)	400mm	2.8	11 256	1996	5,800 g
Apo-Telyt-R Module	400mm	2.8	1996
Apo-Telyt-R Module	400mm	4.0	11 857	2009	3,860 g
Elcan-R APO (special series for US Military)	450mm	5.6	1965
MR-Telyt-R compact mirror tele lens (Minolta) (3 cam)	500mm	8.0	11 243	1996	750 g
Telyt-R (with shoulder stock) (no cam) w/Televit focus device	560mm	5.6	1966
Telyt-R (with shoulder stock) (no cam)	560mm	6.8	11 864	1995	2,330 g
Apo-Telyt-R Module	560mm	4.0	1996
Apo-Telyt-R Module	560mm	5.6	11 858	2009	4,060 g
Telyt mirror tele prototype	600mm	5.0
Telyt-S	800mm	6.3	11 921	1997	6,850 g
Apo-Telyt-R Module	800mm	5.6	1996
Apo-Telyt-R (two prototypes and one final lens was made for Sheikh Saud Al Thani of Qatar. A prototype is on display in the Leica Factory in Wetzlar)	1600mm	5.6	2006
Leica ROM contacts For Leica R lenses not already fitted with the digital ROM contacts, these can be added at Leica. The ROM contact contains detailed information about the lens for the lightmeter to use so that metering and exposure can be adjusted down to 1/10 f-stop. The ROM contact also tell the DMR digital back which lens is mounted so that it can be read in the EXIF files.	1996
Leica Vario-R zoom lenses Vario R zoom lenses for R-lenses for R3, R4, R6, R6.2, R7, R8, R9 (can also be used on Digilux 3 with an adapter). Can be used on Leicaflex, SL and SL2 unless the lens has a ROM contact . Most are compatible with Leica M Type 240 using a R-to-M adaptor and EVF digital viewfinder for focusing
Vario-Elmar-R ASPH	21-35mm	3.5 - 4.0	11 274	2009	500 g
Vario-Elmar-R (I) (Sigma)	28-70mm	3.5 - 4.5	1990
Vario-Elmar-R (II) (Sigma)	28-70mm	3.5 - 4.5	11 364	2006
Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH	28-90mm	2.8 - 4.5	2004
Vario-Elmar-R (I) (Minolta) (Filter E60)	35-70mm	3.5	11 244	?
Vario-Elmar-R (II) (serial 3393301 or greater) (Filter E67)	35-70mm	3.5	1983
Vario-Elmar-R (Kyocera)	35-70mm	4.0	11 277	2009	400 g
Vario-Elmarit-R ASPH (only were 200 made)	35-70mm	2.8	1998	PDF Article
Angénieux-Zoom-R	45-90mm	2.8	11 930	1982
Vario-Elmar-R (Minolta)	70-210mm	4.0	1984
Vario-Apo-Elmarit-R	70-180mm	2.8	11 279	2009	1,870 g
Vario-Elmar-R (Minolta)	75-200mm	4.5	1978
Vario-Elmar-R (Minolta)	80-200mm	4.5	11 224	1978	780 g
Vario-Elmar-R (Kyocera)	80-200mm	4.0	1996
Vario-Elmar-R	105-280mm	4.2	11 268	2006
Leica R adapters Leica R adapters to other systems as RED, Nikon, Blackmagic, Canon, 4:3, etc
Leica R-Adapter M	14 642	-
3rd part R to M adapters are available as well	2014
Leica R to RED adapter
Leica R to Blackmagicor Blackmagic Pocket	2014
Leica R to Nikon adapter (rebuild of Leica lenses by Leitax)
Leica R to Canon adapter	2003
Leica R Extenders Ways to make tele lenses more tele
Extender-R X2 (exist as 1-cam or, 3-cam) (for use with Leica R lenses of 50mm focal length and longer and for lens speeds from f2.0. Vignetting is to be expected with 400m and longer lenses. The 50mm f1.4 and 80mm f1.4 can also be used. Thus says the manual; however, in practical use this older 2X extender reduces quality of the picture, mainly light surfaces will 'glow' (or simply: This 2X extender will blur your shots to some degree. The newer APO-extenders below here does not).	minus 2 f-stops	1980
Apo-Extender-R X1.4 (exists with or withour ROM contacts) (for use with 180mm f2.0 APO, 180mm f2.8 APO, 280mm f2.8 APO, 280mm f4.0 APO, 400mm f2.8 APO, 400mm f4.0 APO, 560mm f4.0 APO, 560mm f5.6 APO, 800mm f5.6 APO 28-90mm f2.8-4.5 and 105-280mm f/4.2).	minus 1 f-stop	11 249	2007
Apo-Extender-R X2 (exists with or withour ROM contacts) (for use with 50mm f1.4. 50mm f2.0, 60mm f2.8, 80mm f/1.4, 90mm f2.0 APO ASPH, 100mm f2.8 APO, 180mm f2.0 APO, 180mm f2.8 APO, 280mm f2.8 APO, 280mm f4.0 APO, 400mm f2.8 APO, 400mm f4.0 APO, 560mm f4.0 APO, 560mm f5.6 APO, 800mm f5.6 APO and 28-90mm f2.8-4.5, 35-70mm f4.0, 70-180mm f2.8 APO, 80-200mm f4.0 and 105-280mm f2.4).	minus 2 f-stops	1992
Leica L-Mount autofocus lenses and Leica TL '1.5x crop' autofocus lenses The Leica L-Mount lenses are full-frame lenses for Leica SL, Leica SL2, Panasonic S and Sigma fp cameras. The Leica TL lenses are APS-C '1.5x crop' lenses that fits the above mentioned cameras, as well as Leica T/TL/TL2 and Leica CL, but will only show the APS-C area te4ain.
To be updated..
Summilux-TL black (APS-C lens acts as a 52mm lens)	35mm	1.4	11 084	-	128g
Summilux-TL silver (APS-C lens acts as a 52mm lens)	35mm	1.4	2015
Leica S autofocus lenses S-lenses for Leica S2 and Leica S. To be updated.. (CS= Central Shutter)
Super-Elmar-S ASPH autofocus	24mm	3.5	2011
Elmar-S TILT-SHIFT CS autofocus	30mm	2.8
Vario-Elmar-S ASPH autofocus zoom	30-90mm	3.5 - 5.6	2011
Summarit-S ASPH CS autofocus	35mm	2.5
Elmarit-S ASPH CS autofocus	45mm	2.8	2013
Summarit-S ASPH CS autofocus	70mm	2.5
Elmar-S ASPH autofocus	100mm	2.8	2011
Summicron-S ASPH autofocus	100mm	2.0
APO-Macro-Summarit-S CS autofocus	120mm	2.5	2011
TS-APO-Elmar-S autofocus (Tilt Shift lens)	120mm	5.6
APO-Elmar-S CS autofocus	180mm	3.5	2010
APO-Tele-Elmar-S autofocus	350mm	3.5
LeicaS camera to Leica R lens adapter (this was mentioned as a very certain item to be had with the Leica S2 when the Leica S2 was introduced in 2008 though it is uncertain if Leica will actually produce it)	?
Leica 4:3 lenses Leica 4:3 'Four Third' bayonet lenses for Leica Digilux 3, Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1, Olympus E-1, E-300, E-500, E-330, E-400, E-410, E-510, P-1 Sleek Bill V1.4.3 Serials Serial Numbers. Convert Sleek Bill V1.4.3 Serials trail version to full software. Looking for Sleek Bill Crack, Keygen or Serial Number? Before you click away, please read this and consider our offer! Sleek Bill is a reliable software that comes in handy for users who want to manage, organize and track business invoices. With its user-friendly interface, you have the possibility to add as many invoices as you want and assign them to various clients. Sleek Bill India With GST Crack and Keygen Simple, efficient and free GST Billing Software. Specially designed for the Indian market. Does all the Hard Work Sleek Bill for India will do all the work for you. Sleek bill keygen photoshop cs2.
Leica D Vario-Elmarit ASPH 14–50mm	28 - 100mm	2.8 - 3.5
Leica D Vario-Elmarit ASPH 14–150mm	28 - 300mm	3.5 - 4.5	2007
Leica D Summilux ASPH 25mm	50mm	1.4	525 g
Leica lenses on Panasonic Leica lenses on other brands
Panasonic video camera recorders use Leica branded lenses.
Panasonic projectors uses Leica lenses
Panasonic digital cameras use Leica lenses,which means Leica specified them, delivered the grinding machines to be used, and Panasonic does the production and quality control. In cases where Leica make a similar model of the lens (as in Leica D-Lux), those same lenses on the Leica bodies are made by Leica with Leica quality control.
Leica projector lenses
To be updated at a later point
Leica enlarger lenses
To be updated at a later point
Leica Loupes
To be updated at a later point
Leica Cine lenses Leica C lenses for cine cameras. Produced by CW-Sonderoptic (Cine Wetzlar) in Wetzlar
Leica Summicron C cine lenses	24mm	3.5	2011
Leica Summilux C cine lenses	30mm	2.8
Adapter C to M (third party)	30-90mm	3.5 - 5.6	2011
Read article for more lens versions. Also some of the M-lenses has been made available for Cine use.

More Leica lens litterature
If you are looking for the Leica Lens Compendium (2001) or the Leica Compendium (2012 print edition and 2014 digital edition) by Erwin Puts, please wisit his website for more info, or try search eBay for his books (usually sold out from the publisher rather fast, so they become collectors items).			You may download a free PDF version of the 2002-version of the Erwin Puts: 'Leica M Lenses Their Soul and Secrets' from overgaard.dk
Erwin Puts: 'Leica Compendium' Limited Print Version 2012 The Company - The Cameras - The Lenses Available from eBay or Amazon.com	Erwin Puts: 'Leica Compendium' Digital Version Compact PDF/eBook 2014 The Company - The Cameras - The Lenses Available from Erwin Puts website as download	Erwin Puts: Leica Lens Compendium 2001 The Lenses 1925 - 2000. Available from eBay or Amazon.com	Erwin Puts: 'Leica M Lenses Their Soul and Secrets' 2002 You may download a free PDF version of the 2002-version of this from from overgaard.dk It was originally written by Erwin Puts and made available by Leica Camera AG
Leica M System Digital version 2007 Leica MP, Leica M7, Leica M8 Leica a la carte Lenses & Acessories Free download from overgaard.dk	Leica Lens Book Digital version 2005 Leica M system, Leica R system Leica brochure of lenses as 2005 Free download from overgaard.dk

Leica Lens Serial Number vs. Production Year

This is the list of Leitz and Leica lens serial numbers and which year that lens was approximately produced.

You may also look up a specific lens serial number at the French Summilux.net

Start S/N	End S/N	Production year
156 001	195 000	1933
195 001	236 000	1934
236 001	284 600	1935
284 601	345 000	1936
345 001	416 500	1937
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490 001	538 500	1939
538 501	565 000	1940
565 001	582 294	1941
582 295	593 000	1942
593 001	594 880	1943
594 881	595 000	1944
595 001	601 000	1945
601 001	633 000	1946
633 001	647 000	1947
647 001	682 000	1948
682 001	756 000	1949
756 001	840 000	1950
840 001	950 000	1951
950 001	1 051 000	1952
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	Car hoppers backseat edition meanings. 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
3 730 291	3 770 920	1996
3 770 930	3 818 624	1997
3 818 625	3 857 849	1998
3 857 850	3 882 996	1999
3 882 997	3 912 247	2000
3 912 248	3 941 497	2001
3 941 498	3 970 748	2002
3 970 748	3 999 999	2003
4 000 000	4 010 600	2004
4 010 601	4 025 900	2005
4 025 901	4 034 900	2006
4 034 901	4 057 000	2007
4 057 001	4 080 000	2008
4 080 001	4 100 000	2009
4 100 001	4 115 000	2010
4 115 001	4 130 000	2011
4 130 001	2012
circa 4 400 xxx	2013
2014

Definitions

Courtesy of Oxford American and www.nemeg.com

See my more complete list of definitions at my article Leica Definitions

anastigmat an anastigmatic lens system (Leitz Anastigmat (Leitz I) from 1920 with a fixed 50mm f3.5 lens. Produced again as a retro camera in 2000-2002).

anastigmatic (of a lens system) constructed so that the astigmatism of each element is canceled out.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from an- 1 [not] + astigmatic (seeastigmatism):

astigmatism a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature, which results in distorted images, as light rays are prevented from meeting at a common focus.
DERIVATIVES
astigmatic
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from a-- [without] + Greek stigma 'point' + -ism.

Aperture
The f/ stop on the camera that regulates how much light passes through the lens. On a f/1.4 lens the lens is fully open' at f/1.4, at f/2.0 the aperture inside the lens make the hole through the lens smaller so only half the amount of light at f/1.4 passes through. For each f/-step you halve the light.
The aperture is basically the focal length divided with the f/-stop = size of the hole (90mm divided with f/2.0 = the hole is 45 mm).
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin apertura, from apert- ‘opened,’ from aperire ‘to open.’

APO
stands for 'apochromatically corrected' lenses. In most lenses, optical design concentrates the focus of blue light and green light into a single plane, but red light falls slightly into another plane of focus. Red subjects, therefore, would be ever so slightly out of focus compared to blue and green subjects in the same frame. In APO lenses, the design and expense has been put in to making red light focus on the same plane as blue and green. Under a microscope you would see that all light subject is now in focus, creating a sharper image overall. Many manufacturers offer APO designs, but in most of these only the very center of the lens is APO corrected. Leica prides itself on making most of the frame APO corrected.

ASPH
… stands for 'aspheric design'. Most lenses have a spherical design - that is, the radius of curvature is constant. These are easy to manufacture by grinding while 'spinning' the glass. This design however restricts the number of optical corrections that can be made to the design to render the most realistic image possible. ASPH lenses, however, involve usually 1 element that does *not* have a constant radius of curvature. These elements can be made by 1) expensive manual grinding, 2) molded plastic, 3) Leica's patented 'press' process, where the element is pressed into an aspherical ('non-spherical') shape. This design allows the manufacturer to introduce corrections into compact lens designs that weren't possible before. Practically, the lens performs 'better' (up to interpretation) due to increased correction of the image, in a package not significantly bigger than the spherical version.

There is another Aspherical lens manufacture technique: an uneven coating layer is applied to a spherical lens. The coating is thicker on the edges (or on the center, depending). Canon 'Lens Work II' calls these 'simulated' aspherical lenses. Simulated and Glass-Molded (GMo) asphericals show up in non-L Canon lenses, while the L lenses have actual ground aspheric elements.

Beam Splitter
Describes the way light travels when it enters the R series Leica SLR bodies when viewing and composing. The light beam is split into two - one part goes through the semi-silvered mirror to the light meter at the base of the mirror box, the rest is reflected upwards through the pentaprism to the viewfinder.
It is because of this 'beam splitting' that you have to use Circular Polarizing filters on R cameras in order to obtain correct light meter readings. With regular linear pol. filters, phase cancellation effects occur when the light travels through the mirror, resulting in inaccurate and unpredictable readings.

Bokeh
the visual quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, especially as rendered by a particular lens : It's a matter of taste and usually photographers discuss a 'nice' or 'pleasant' bokeh (the out-of-focus area is always unsharp why the quality discussed is if one likes the way it renders or not by a particular lens).
ORIGIN from Japanese 'bo-ke' which mean 'fuzziness' or 'blur.'
Here is an example of bokeh:
Bokeh with 50mm Summicron-M (II) f/2.0 @ f/2.0 on Leica M9

Compur
Curently no origin known. Leica I Compur camera (1926-1941) and Leica Summicron (II) Compur 50mm f2.0 lens(1959).

CS
Central Shutter, as in the Leica S lenses for the Leica S2 where a shutter is located in the lens itself.

DOF (Depth of Field)
How big a distance in an image that is acceptable sharp.The DOF is determined by the subject distance (the farther away, the larger area is sharp; the closer the focus is, the less of the lage is sharp), the lens aperture (the depth of field is narrow at f/1.4 and larger at f/5.6) and the focal length of the lens (tele lenses has very narrow depth of field whereas wide angle lenses has a wide depth of field) and film or sensor size (small-sensor cameras has a wide depth of field wheras medium format or large format cameras has a very narrow depth of field).
The DOF is usually indicated on the lens by the focus barrel where one can see how large the DOF will be at different f/-stops for that lens.
As an example, a Leica 21mm Super-Angulon-M f/3.4 lens is sharp all over the focus field from 2 meter to infinity when set at a distance of 3 meters at f/3.4.
Here is an example of narrow DOF where only a few milliemeters are sharp:

Leica 50mm Nictilux-M f/1.0 @ f/1.0 on a Leica M9.

Elcan
Ernst Leitz Canada, established 1952, was and still is the military/industrial branch of the old 'Ernst Leitz Canada'. In 1998, the ELCAN plant was sold to Raytheon (USA), who bought it from its previous owner, Hughes Aircraft Co.
Elcan-R is also the name of s series of lenses made in the 1960ies and early 1970ies, as the U.S. Navy High Resolution Small Format Camera System during the Viet Nam war.

Elmar
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f3.5 . Historically derived from the original 1925 50mm f3.5 Elmax lens, which was an acronym of Ernst Leica and Professor Max Berak, designer of the original lenses. Later that year the 50mm f3.5 Elmar superceded the Elmax, which was discontinued due to its complexity and high cost of manufacture.

Elmarit
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f2.8 . The name is obviously derived from the earlier (and slower) 'Elmar' designation. Not every f2.8 lens is called an 'Elmarit' though, the most obvious current exception being the 50mm f2.8 Elmar-M collapsible lens which for nostalgia and marketing reasons has kept the original 1930's Elmar name (the 50mm f3.5 collapsible Elmar, manufactured 1930-59, was one of Leica's most famous and popular lenses).

Elmax
Elmax = E. Leitz + Max Berak. Ernst Leitz was the founder of Ernst Leitz Optical Industry which later became Leica. Professor Dr. Max Berak was employed at Leica in 1912 and was the architect of the first Leica lens which Ernst Leitz asked him to design for the 'Barnack's camera' (the 1913-prototype named after Oscar Barnack who invented it). The lens was a f/3.5 50mm and was known as the Leitz Anstigmat and later the Elmax.

f/
the ratio of the focal length (for example 50mm) of a camera lens to the diameter of the aperture being used for a particular shot. (e.g., f8, indicating that the focal length is eight times the diameter: 50mm/8 = 6,25 mm).
ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from f (denoting the focal length) and number

f-stop
One f-stop is a doubling or halving of the light going through the lens to the film, by adjusting the aperture ring. Adjusting the f-setting from f 1.4 to f.2.0 is halving the light that goes through the lens. Most Leica lenses has half f-stops to enable the photographer to adjust the light more precisely.

Focal length
The distancebetween the nodal point of a lens and the focal plane (the film or sensor in the camera). That is the construction definition based on simple lens systems where a 400mm lens would be 400mm long and a 50mm lens would be 50mm long. Today one call it effective focal length (EFL) as a 400mm lens is not nessesarily 400mm long due to optical constructions that can make it shorter. The 35-420mm zoom on the Leica V-Lux 1 is for example only ca. 135 mm long.
For photographers it's more interesting that focal length indicates if it is a wideangle lens (ex. 35mm), normal lens (50mm) or tele lens (ex. 400mm).
A 35mm lens is a ca. 54° viewing angle horizontal, a 400mm lens is ca. 5° viewing angle horizontal, etc. This is the practical, usable information about focal lengths a photographer can use.

Four Thirds
The Four Thirds System is a standard created by Olympus and Kodak for digital SLR camera design and development.
The system provides a standard which, with digital cameras and lenses available from multiple manufacturers, allows for the interchange of lenses and bodies from different manufacturers. Companies developing 4:3 cameras and/or lenses are Fuji, Kodak, Leica (Leica Digilux 3), Olympus, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sigma. See www.4-3system.com
A further development in this was Micro Four Thirds Systems.

FF (Full Frame)
In sensors full frame usually refers to sensors the size of a full 24x36mm frame where one capture the same frame size as with 35mm film. The 'full frame' technically deifinition thouhg is a sensor that camtures the full frame in one go (as the early sensors as in Leica S1 scanned the image/senor over a period of time).

Hektor
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - usually f2.5 . The name was apparently taken from the name of lens designer Professor Max Berek's dog. See Leica History article.

Kyocera
Sub-manufacturer of lenses. Has made certain lenses for Leitz, Carl Zeiss, etc.

Leica
LEItz CAmera. Founded 1849 in Wetzlar, Germany

Lens hood
a tube or ring attached to the front of a camera lens to prevent unwanted light from reaching the film.
ORIGIN Old English hod; related to Dutch hoed, German Hut 'hat,' also to hat .

M
(as in 'M3', 'M6', 'M7' etc.)
… stands for 'Messucher', which is German for 'Viewfinder'. The '3' in M3 was chosen because of the three bright line finders for the 50, 90 and 135 mm lenses. Later the numbers of the M cameras were more or less chosen to follow each other.
'Meßsucher'. It is always correctly written with the 'ß'. There are technically not three 's', rather the 'ß' and one 's' because it is a word constructed by the combining of two precise words.
M-body evolution in chronological order:
M3 - MP - M2 - M1 - MD - MDA - M4 - M5 - CL - MD-2 - M4-2 - M4-P - M6 - M6 TTL - M7 - MP - M8 - M8.2 - M9 - M9-P - MM - ME (Type 220) - Leica M (Type 240) .

Mandler, Dr. Walter (1922 - 2005)
Legendary Leica lens designer. Read more in Leica History.

MP
Stands (also) for Mechanical Perfection (Leica MP).

MF (Medium Format)

No.
Number, on this site Leica catalog numbers or order numbers. Some the numbers changed depending on the number of cams in the lens:The Elmarit-R f2.8/135mm started life as No. 11 111, however when fitted with 2 cams for the SL became No. 11 211, yet another No. for the 3 cams lens and a fourth number for 3 cam only at the end of its life. Number changes also applied to M lenses depending on whether they were screw-thread, bayonet or for M3 with “spectacles”.
Thus the No. in this list is a guideline but not a comlete list of existing catalog numbers.

Noctilux
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f1.0 . 'Nocti' for nocturnal (occurring or happening at night; ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from late Latin nocturnalis, from Latin nocturnus ‘of the night,’ from nox, noct- ‘night.), 'lux' for light. The Leica Noctilux 50mm f1.0 was famous for enabling the photographer to take photos even there is onl candlelightsto lit the scene and was replaced by the f/0.95 Noctilux-M ASPH 50mm in 2009.

Shoulder Stock
A Leitz mechanism attached to the (tele-) lens and held against one's shoulder when photographing, so as to stabilize the tele lens when using handheld without a tripod or monopod. The shoulder stock is attached to the lens same way as a tripod or monopod.

SLR abbreviation for Single-Lens Reflex; the lens that forms the image on the film also provides the image in the viewfinder via a mirror.

Summar - (or a story of name development)
The 1933 lens 50mm f2.0 Summar: It started out asSummar(f2.0), then the Summitar (f2.0 in 1939), then the Summarex(f1.5 in 1948), then the Summaron(35mm f.2.8 in 1948, then later f2.0, f3.5 and f5.6 lenses), then the Summarit (f1.5 in 1949 and used again for the 40mm f2.4 on the Leica Minilux in 1995, then again for the 35mm, 50mm, 75mm and 90mm Summarit f2.5 in 2007) then the Summicron(f2.0 in 1953 for the collapsible 50mm) and finally the Summilux(50mm f1.4 in 1959).
However, Leitz in Wetzlar made the Mikro-Summar 42mm f4,5 around 1910 for their Leitz microscopes (Leitz was orignally a microscope producer, see history site). Leitz also made a Mikro-Summar 35mm F:4,5.
ORIGIN of Summar is unknown.
Leitz Wetzlar Mikro-Summar 42mm f4.5 lens anno 1910 might be the first lens carrying the name Summar.

Summarit
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f1.5 .

Summicron
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f2.0 . 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) while the 'cron' came from 'chroma' (ie. for colour). Not so: 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). The Summi(cron) is a development from the originalSummar (the 50mm f2.0 lens annoy 1933)

Summilux
Refers to the maximum lens aperture - here f1.4 , '-lux' added for 'light' (ie. the enhanced light gathering abilities).

Telyt
Lens nomenclature - short-hand for ' telephoto ' (tele- is a combining form, meaning to or at a distance and used in names of instruments for operating over long distances : telemeter.
ORIGIN: from Greek tele- ‘far off.’

Televit
rapid-focus device from Leitz that was made from 1966 through 1973, in both R and Visoflex. It was originally designed for use with the 400mm f5.6 Telyt and 560mm f5.6 Telyt. Beginning in 1970 (with serial 2340953) the Televit could also be used with the 280mm f4.8 Telyt-V by using adapter 14138.

Thambar
Origin of name currently unknown. Leitz Thambar 90mm f.2.2. At most about 3000 were made, probably in eight batches, starting with 226xxx (actually built in 1934) and going through 283xxx, 311xxx, 375xxx, 416xxx, 472xxx, 511xxx, and 540xxx (about 1939/1940).
Today they are staggeringly rare and extremely expensive: you would be lucky to get away with much less than $1500 for the lens without accessories (center spot, shade, cap), and you could easily pay twice that for a good, complete example with clean glass.
Known to be a legendary soft-focus portrait lens that 'make a woman look 10 years younger.' A glass filter with a black spot in the middle, about 13mm (1/2”) in diametercuts out the central (sharpest) part of the image and makes everything even softer.
(Source: Roger W. Hicks)
Here are some advice from a Thambar user, Theodor Heinrichsohn, who have used it mainly for portraits using an Leica M5 and Leica M6:
1. The results are more or less unpredictable. Best practice is to shoot many times and pick the one you like best.
2. Shots against the light are generally more effective than with the light behind you.
3. The most pleasing results to my taste were with center filter at medium apertures. With luck portraits took on the 'dreamy' look that the lens is famous for.
4. I never used the Thambar for anything except portraits.
The lens has been rumored to be slightly radioactive due to the process of producing the glass.
Here are some sample photos of Koichiro Itamura Photography.
Here are some more sample images from Blue Penguin.
Here is my article and test photos of the Thambar

Viewfinder a device on a camera showing the field of view of the lens.
1) A built-in viewfinder in a camera that simply show the frame you get when you look through the viewfinder.
2) A rangefinder viewfinder which is also used to focus the lens. In Leica M cameras two pictures has to meet and lay 'on top of each other' for the picture to be in focus.
3) An external viewfinder, usually on top of the camera in the flash shoe, so as to show the field of view of lenses vider than what the built-in viewfinder can show (15mm, 21mm, 24mm, 28mm etc viewfinders exist)
4) Very simple 'aiming-devices' on top of a camera that is simply a metal frame without any optics. Just a frame, as for example very old cameras (the original Leica), or when using cameras in diving where you can't look through the camera.

Visoflex
A device mounted between the Leica M camera and a lens, containing a mirror mechanism like in a SLR camera, thus allowing the M user to 'preview' a picture using a tele lens larger than 135mm which is the maximum covered by the frame lines in the Leica viewfinder.

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7/14/1980	MD-2	1545351	1546350	1000
2/10/1984	MD-2	1648751	1649250	500
12/6/1984	MD-2	1664251	1664350	100
8/19/1986	MD2	1704601	1704800	200

12/8/1967	Postcamera 24x27	1185291	1185300	10
10/24/1968	Postcamera 24x36	1206392	1206941	50
10/24/1968	Postcamera 24x27	1206942	1206961	20
2/22/1971	Postcamera 24x27	1273922	1273925	4
2/22/1971	Postcamera 24x36	1273926	127400	75
1/16/1972	Postcamera 24x27	1286701	1286760	60
12/3/1975	Postcamera 24x27	1286761	1286822	61
5/16/1972	Postcamera 24x27	1293878	1294000	123

9/11/1964	MD	1102501	1103000	300
6/30/1965	MD	1128001	1128400	400
10/14/1965	MD	1136001	1136500	500
1/26/1966	MD	1136501	1137000	500
5/3/1966	MD	1141001	1142000	1000
9/30/1966	MD	1160201	1160769	566
4/27/1967	MD	1160770	1160820	51

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