I just need some info about the following lenses: 35 f2 Summicron #2661481 and 90 2.8 Tele Elmarit #3317493 What year where they made, do they have good optical quality, and how much should I pay for them if they are in excellent condition?

thanks.........

-- Michael Estrella (mm071799@attcanada.ca), May 31, 2001

Answers

Lens serial number source: Identifying Leica Lenses, Ghester Sartorius, 1999, ISBN 0-8174-4027-5

156 001 - 195 000 1933

195 001 - 236 000 1934

236 001 - 284 600 1935

284 601 - 345 000 1936

345 001 - 416 500 1937

416 501 - 490 000 1938

490 001 - 538 500 1939

538 501 - 565 000 1940

565 001 - 582 294 1941

582 295 - 593 000 1942

593 001 - 594 880 1943

594 881 - 595 000 1944

595 001 - 601 000 1945

601 001 - 633 000 1946

633 001 - 647 000 1947

647 001 - 682 000 1948

682 001 - 756 000 1949

756 001 - 840 000 1950

840 001 - 950 000 1951

950 001 - 1 051 000 1952

1 051 000 - 1 124 000 1953

1 124 001 - 1 236 000 1954

1 236 001 - 1 333 000 1955

1 333 001 - 1 459 000 1956

1 459 001 - 1 548 000 1957

1 548 001 - 1 645 300 1958

1 645 301 - 1 717 000 1959

1 717 001 - 1 827 000 1960

1 827 001 - 1 913 000 1961

1 913 001 - 1 967 100 1962

1 967 101 - 2 015 700 1963

2 015 701 - 2 077 500 1964

2 077 501 - 2 156 300 1965

2 156 301 - 2 236 500 1966

2 236 501 - 2 254 400 1967

2 254 401 - 2 312 750 1968

2 312 751 - 2 384 700 1969

2 384 701 - 2 468 500 1970

2 468 501 - 2 503 100 1971

2 503 101 - 2 556 500 1972

2 556 501 - 2 663 400 1973

2 663 401 - 2 731 900 1974

2 731 901 - 2 761 100 1975

2 761 101 - 2 809 400 1976

2 809 401 - 2 880 600 1977

2 880 601 - 2 967 250 1978

2 967 251 - 3 013 650 1979

3 013 651 - 3 087 000 - 1980

3 087 001 - 3 160 500 1981

3 160 501 - 3 249 100 1982

3 249 101 - 3 294 900 1983

3 294 901 - 3 346 200 1984

3 346 201 - 3 383 200 1985

3 383 201 - 3 422 890 1986

3 422 891 - 3 455 870 1987

3 455 871 - 3 478 900 1988

3 478 901 - 3 503 150 1989

3 503 151 - 3 540 467 1990

3 540 468 - 3 583 830 1991

3 585 831 - 3 610 680 1992

3 610 381 - 3 644 475 1993

3 644 476 - 3 677 030 1994

3 677 031 - 3 730 290 1995

3 730 291 -

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), May 31, 2001.