Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Noel H. Charchuk wrote: > A friend on another group just purchased a IIIa, ser # 341768, with a > Summitar 861198. Can anyone tell me the vintage on these two gems? Also > the lens appear to be coated, has that been done later, or were they > getting coated by this time? > Thanks > Noel Charchuk Noel, I think Jim's IIIa is from 1939 and his Summitar is from 1951. The lens was coated from new. That lens will compare pretty well to the earlier Summicrons. Colin