• Leica 35mm Summilux Serial Numbers

Serial numbers as low as 50,000 are still floating around. Leica made lens number 1,000,000, a 50mm f/1.5 Summarit, on 24 October 1952, at which time they already had onver 100 years of experiance. Because of this orderly behavior, it it trivial to figure out when your lens was made.

. Leica Order No.

Leica 35mm Summilux Serial Numbers

11874-black - 11883-silver - 11859-titan - 11663-black. LLC - 158. Production era - 1994-2010 - 18,404+ lenses. Variants - Black, Silver & Titanium versions. 'Ein Stuck Leica' 504 unit special 1996 edition at initial public stock offering came with imprinted special edition M6 'Borsengang' camera. Lens mount - Leica M quick-change bayonet. Number of lenses/groups - 9 /5.

Focusing range - 0.7 m / 2.3 ft.

Here is a quick and easy way to get the year of manufacturing of Leica lenses (L, R, and screw mount) based on the serial number which is located on the front of the lens: Update: A reader just sent me another way of determining the production year of Leica cameras and lenses: just got, and type the serial number.