Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just bought a 90 Summicron-M. It is a very early version of the small pre-APO model (the design where the retracted lens shade covers the aperture ring), which I thought was introduced in 1980. However the serial number (281xxxxx) belongs, according to the Sartorious list I've seen, to 1977. Was this such a low-production lens that it took 3 years to use up a serial number block? Or what? It is a lovely lens. Laney book lists it as 410g, but I weighed mine at 475g, just like the later barrel design. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html