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Old 01/31/07, 05:05 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Default Re: Summicron - M 35mm 1st Ver. - What's so special.

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Originally Posted by bscott
I have a 35mm f2 made for the M3. The lens was made in Canada serial no. 1652431 is this collectable and is it one of the first versions?
Bill,

Your Summicron is from early 1959 production. Since there apparently were only 4 made in 1958 (first year), your lens is very early. As to collectability - just under 10,000 were produced, as opposed to over 11,000 for the non-goggled 8-element M2 version.

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