Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Cooper asked about this lens. The early ones were labelled Serenar and were in chrome rather than the latter black Canon lenses. I have one my father bought new around 1955 in a fitted leather case with a separate Canon 35mm viewfinder. It looks and feels like the Leica offering of the time, as well finished and machined. I don't use it much because from wide open until about f/5.6 it is not an outstanding performer. When I do see them from time to time second hand they don't seem to be going for very much ( less than 100 UK pounds) but there may be a collectors market in the Far East. I have been told, but have no personal experience that the f/2 is a much better lens. Regards, Doug Dublin, Ireland