Nuit Posted January 14, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 14, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi guys, I would like to find some infomation for this lens Summilux-M 11815 75mm f/1.4 black 75/F1.4 *70th Jahre 1913-1983 but no information. So, you know how many pieces produced and what year? Many thanks indeed . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Hi Nuit, Take a look here Summilux-M 11815 75mm f/1.4 black 75/F1.4 *70th Jahre 1913-1983. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jc_braconi Posted January 14, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 14, 2012 Hi guys, I would like to find some infomation for this lens Summilux-M 11815 75mm f/1.4 black 75/F1.4 *70th Jahre 1913-1983 but no information. So, you know how many pieces produced and what year? Many thanks indeed . should be 2290 in 1982 (part of the 10740 made/catalogued from 1980 to 2007) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted January 15, 2012 Share #3 Posted January 15, 2012 My impression is that there were not produced as many as JC mentions, of the special engraved "1913-1983" version that is. The M4-P 1913-1983 was made in a series of 2500, and I believe at first also the Summicron M 50 mm, Summicron M 35 mm and perhaps the Tele-Elmarit M 90 mm were delivered in this special edition. Apparently of the Summilux M 35 mm with the 1913-1983 engraving only 150 were made, and Laney mentions that of the Summilux M 75 1913-1983 version also only 150 were produced, of the Summilux M 50 mm also only some 150 seem to have been produced. Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 15, 2012 Share #4 Posted January 15, 2012 Lex, you are right, I 'ld have wrote part of the 2290 made in 1982. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 16, 2012 Share #5 Posted January 16, 2012 If I remember well, they did even a Leicameter with the "1913-1983" logo... maybe this is even rarer than the lenses... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted January 17, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 17, 2012 Luigi, I don't think a MR-4 meter with the '1913-1983' was ever produced, but for the american market I think a set was made which also included a MR-4 meter. Only the M4-P camera and the lenses were marked with the special logo. Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 17, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 17, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sandro, you can be right... WHERE is the space for the special engraving on a Leicameter ? I never saw one, anyway... Only... Stephen Gandy (cameraquest.com) writes : "Also produced were a limited number of "Leica 1913-1983" MR-4 light meters, 28/2.8 Elmarits, 35/1.4 Summilux..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted January 17, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 17, 2012 There is hardly any space on the meter! I never saw a picture of course, and perhaps Stephen Gandy is mistaken and means the MR-4 meter that I was writing about? Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 17, 2012 Share #9 Posted January 17, 2012 Indeed... this 70th kit for sale in Italy has the Leicameter - unengraved in front... Newoldcamera - Scheda prodotto And this other, also for sale in Italy, displays the std. Metrawatt engraving on the back.. http://annunci.ebay.it/annunci/fotografia/cuneo-annunci-cuneo/macchina-foto-leica-anniversario-1913-1983-in-argento/7993276 The motor on the contrary is engraved 1913-1983 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted January 18, 2012 Share #10 Posted January 18, 2012 Hello Everybody, On page 104 of his "Leica - the First Sixty Years" Rogliatti specifically says that the meters were not engraved. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted January 18, 2012 Share #11 Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks Michael, I completely forgot to check his book. In my version it's p. 84, of "Leica. The first 70 years". Would be interesting to know how many winders with the logo "1913-1983" were delivered, but that nobody seems to know. Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 18, 2012 Share #12 Posted January 18, 2012 I suspect the number of "70th" motors is not so low... apart the incidental fact that I quickly found 2 for sale in in italy (see above) , all the 3 combination sets listed in USA did include the motor... just to draw a hipotesis, one could think at 20-25% of the bodies (2500) equipped with it... 500 could be a reasonable number, and 6-800 not exaggerate... motors were much fashionable in those years (two friends of mine bought M6 as soon as it was available - 1984 - both with motor) : around 80's there weren't significant new introductions on the lenses' side (only Summilux 75)... if one bought a new M and liked to buy "something else" with it, motor was the only significant and "fine to exhibit" accessory... . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandro Posted January 18, 2012 Share #13 Posted January 18, 2012 Yes, the number you suggest might be right, Luigi. The Winder "1913-1983" is plenty available. When I bought my M4-P "1913-1983" it came with the matching winder. I should try it sometime. Lex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 19, 2012 Share #14 Posted January 19, 2012 It was not easy for me to find an M4-P silver NON "1913-1983" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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