I have a summilux 35 serial 2626xxx; just wander if I´m missing some modifications this lens may had afterwords.

-- Robert Watson (mawago@prodigy.net.mx), December 11, 2000

Answers

Your serial number (1973) shows you have the second (and last) version of the mount. The optical design was the same on all production. Newer lenses benefit from better coating and assembly technologies but the improvements would be subtle. If you are unhappy with the lens, I would not suggest you buy a later non-Asph but get the new Asph instead. The 35/1.4 Asph is THE lens of the leica line up in my opinion.

Cheers

-- John Collier (jbcollier@home.com), December 11, 2000.

Yes, the Leica-M Compendium says that the 35 Lux " . . . was recomputed in 1966 (from ser. nr. 2166702) with a marked improvement in image quality. I have one of these, and it seems superior to my old chrome 35 Summicron, original 8-element formula for rendering fine detail. I'm very pleased with it.

Regards,

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), December 12, 2000.