Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last Friday I bought a new pre-ASPH Summilux 35mm 1.4 from a Leica dealer. I know that Leica discontinued this model in 1995 when they came out with the ASPH version but it was a new lens with Passport and I had wanted this lens for awhile. I thought that I would end up with a used one but there does not seem to many of them advertised for sale. When I got home I looked in Sartorius' Leica Lens Guide and checked the serial #3537736 on the tables at the back of the book. And to my surprise it was listed as being made in 1990. So here are my questions: How does a lens sit on a dealers shelf for 10 years? Was this lens not very much in demand because of its high price? And is this a problem for dealers having expensive inventory that does not sell? Now I don't really care that I bought a new lens in 1999 made in 1990 because Leica lenses are not like cars that have annual changes. From everything that I have heard this is a great lens and am expecting to take some good photos with it. But I am wondering about this situation and if anybody has any comment on it and does anybody know how many of these lens were made? Steve Annapolis