Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just received the newsletter of a german Leica dealer, which confirms that some Leica lenses will be discontinued: Total abandon: Leica Elmar-M 2,8/50mm black & chrome Leica Elmarit-M 2,8/90mm black & chrome Abandon of chrome versions: Leica Summicron-M 2,0/50mm (non ASPH) Leica Macro-Elmar-M 4,0/90mm The chrome ASPH Summicrons 35 and 50 stay in production. The abandon of some chrome lenses was announced earlier. The full abandon of Elmar 50 and Elmarit 90 was to be expected after the introduction of the new Summarit-M lenses. No words about the 75 Summilux which was also expected by some to be discontinued. Didier