Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Source for Serial Number Info
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 08:45:31 -0500
 
Thanks Nathan,
Erwin's site is a gold mine but I was hoping to find out how long a specific
lens type had been in production by it's serial number.

A LUG'er recommended picking up the Leica Pocket Guide so that's what I'll do.
Regards,
Bud

Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Bud,
>
> To start, you may want to try Erwin Puts' web site,
> http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica . Using his lenses pages, you can at least
> identify which version your lens is, based on its serial number (although
> not the exact year of production).
>
> Otherwise, you may need to get one of those specialized collectors books.
>
> Nathan
>