Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] INCREDIBLE SERIAL NUMBERS
From: Charles Dunlap <cdunlap@es.UCSC.EDU>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:25:17 -0800

>This is my strange story:
>I've bought in july 97 a new Summicron 35/2 asph with serial number 3770995
>and I bought in April 98 a new Tri Elmar 28-35-50/4 asph with serial number
>3753747
>If the production began for the Scron 35/2 asph in June 97 and for the
>Tri-Elmar
>in March 98, How can this is possible?
>
>      GUIDO RIDOLI
>  LEICA M SUPERFAN
>    guirid@numerica.it

Subtracting the two numbers we come up with a difference of 17,248. At face
value it seems that there are more Summicron 35/2 ASPH out there than
Tri-Elmars. This makes sense given that the ASPH has been available longer.
What is the mystery?

- -Charlie