Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Versions of 35/1,4 for M
From: Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:45:27 +0200

> 2 1966-96(serie VII) (slight improvement, maybe coating only):
>  - Black chrome = 11870 Canada and Germany (Solms)
>    (focusing levers:early types with infinity lock, later don't)
>   1966-74 (serie VII):
>  - Black RF for M3 = 11871  Canada
>   1992-96 (serie VII):

Michael Garmisa wrote:

>How much better is the newer vesions of these lense,
>not the asp but the ones  right before 
>(I assume they are better)
>I don't think i would be happy using a separate veiwfinder 
>so the goggles seem to be the only way to go, perhaps if 
>the difference is significant as I imagine 
>(athough the summilux supposedly hasn't changed that much, 
>finding one in good condition might be hard)

The second version (1966-96) is less prone to flare,
as far as I know, but to find that version with goggles
(1966-74) will be a difficult task, but not impossible.

Good luck,

Lucien