Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:44 PM 19-02-98 +0100, you wrote: >Hm, Lucien. The lens which Leitz shows in the diagram is not >identical to mine from the M6-ESL. My 1.4/35 asph Summilux has >a concave front lens. > >Alf > There are two easy ways to distinguish the two lenses. Instead of 'ASPH', the word 'aspherical' appears on the front of the first version. The first version also has a knurled aperture ring along in addition to the focusing ring. I believe that the newer ASPH version has a smooth aperture ring. Dan C.