jonoslack Posted January 10, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted January 10, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi There I just got hold of a mint and boxed version of this lens - I think I've worked out that it comes from 1980-1997 - but I've no idea how old it is. The box has bar codes on it, which says something I guess! Serial number is 350758x. It really is in good condition, with a cutaway lens shade and lovely smooth action. it has a white box, and the leather case is like the modern ones (although I suppose it might not be original). Â I'll give it a torture test on my R-D1 tomorrow. but first appearances are positive. Â Does anyone have an opinion on these Canadian lenses, and how old this one might be? Â thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Hi jonoslack, Take a look here Elmarit-M 21mm 11134 Leitz Canada - how old do you think?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
gdewitt Posted January 10, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted January 10, 2007 I think it is from 1990, best I can tell from Erwin Puts' "Leica Lens Compendium." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmith Posted January 10, 2007 Share #3  Posted January 10, 2007 Hi ThereI just got hold of a mint and boxed version of this lens - I think I've worked out that it comes from 1980-1997 - but I've no idea how old it is. The box has bar codes on it, which says something I guess! Serial number is 350758x. It really is in good condition, with a cutaway lens shade and lovely smooth action. it has a white box, and the leather case is like the modern ones (although I suppose it might not be original).  I'll give it a torture test on my R-D1 tomorrow. but first appearances are positive.  Does anyone have an opinion on these Canadian lenses, and how old this one might be?  thanks in advance  try http://www.leicagallery.com/lensdates.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted January 11, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted January 11, 2007 34xxxxx serial numbers were from about 1988, according to my reference, so 35xxxxx should be 1990 or a bit later. If yours has black flanges around the front to mount the shade, it's a later model. If it has two little silver pins to hold the shade, it's earlier production. Â The usual caveat, though. Leica has generally assigned numbers in blocks to specific cameras or lenses. So slower-selling lenses may stretch out a given block assigned in, say, 1988, over several years of production, whereas fast sellers (35s or 50s) may get a new block of numbers every 6 months. Â The 21 pre-ASPH like yours is a beautiful lens for digital - RD-1 OR M8. Lovely long tonal scale and "3D" quality. My favorite lens on ANY M-mount camera... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share #5 Â Posted January 11, 2007 try http://www.leicagallery.com/lensdates.htm Hi There, Thank you for that, it seems to be 1990 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share #6 Â Posted January 11, 2007 I think it is from 1990, best I can tell from Erwin Puts' "Leica Lens Compendium." Hi Gary Thank you for that - looks like it - it's almost as old as my son! Looks good though, I suspect that a lot of that time has been spent in a cupboard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share #7  Posted January 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) 34xxxxx serial numbers were from about 1988, according to my reference, so 35xxxxx should be 1990 or a bit later. If yours has black flanges around the front to mount the shade, it's a later model. If it has two little silver pins to hold the shade, it's earlier production. The usual caveat, though. Leica has generally assigned numbers in blocks to specific cameras or lenses. So slower-selling lenses may stretch out a given block assigned in, say, 1988, over several years of production, whereas fast sellers (35s or 50s) may get a new block of numbers every 6 months.  The 21 pre-ASPH like yours is a beautiful lens for digital - RD-1 OR M8. Lovely long tonal scale and "3D" quality. My favorite lens on ANY M-mount camera... Hi Andy Thank you for that - I've not had a chance to evaluate the lens properly, but it seems fine to me - I'm not sure quite what you mean about the shade - it's cutaway, and there are silver press points on either side of the shade itself - the lens has black flanges around the front rather than silver pins?  I'm glad you like your lens - it's lovely to use, of course, I only have my R-D1 to test it on at present, but hopefully the M8 won't be gone too long. I realise that the Ashp lenses are contrastier and sharper - but I won't be using this much for low light, and I suspect that it might be 'nicer' than the Asph lens for landscapes (and it was MUCH cheaper!)  Thanks again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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