Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] Black Wetzlar 90mm Elmarit
From: Lucien_vD <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 15:51:20 -0500
 
Bud Cook wrote:

>I have a black chrome Wetzlar 90mm Elmarit-M (s/n 2304440) that's simply=

>gorgeous.  The black chrome seems or much better quality than that on an=
y
of
>my other black lenses.  This is the original 5 element Elmarit but I
seldom
>see or hear of black chrome examples of this lens.
>Is this lens fairly rare?

No, it was made starting from mid-1968 and was last catalogued in 1975.

>I treat it as reverently as my M3 (s/n 1129303) which I believe is one o=
f
>the last to be made.

Yes, only +/- 2 690 made after that (out of +/-225 000). =

Last one is 1 158 995, I think.

Lucien
BELGIUM