[Leica] Re: Collapsible 50mm Summicron

[marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)]

At 12:25 AM 4/23/2007, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
 >Marc.
 >
 >No, Marc, the earlier ones had scalloped focus rings.  Collucci's list
 >says that mine was made just before the ones with
 >integral lens hood.  Mine has a focus tab and a "50" on the barrel..

I do not know what "Collucci's List" might be.

Yours is certainly one of the later ones if it 
had a "50" on the side of the barrel.  They only 
started doing that after 1982, I believe.  Again, 
the serial number tells all.  Mine is 3157515 and 
lacks the 50:  it dates from 1981.

I just had never paid attention to the 
distinction between scalloped and serrated 
focusing rings, I fear.  My friend Charlie 
Barringer is always fussing at me when we go to 
camera shows as I often miss this sort of detail.

Marc


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