RSilva Posted June 27, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi everyone, I want to sell my Summicron 35 "bokeh monster" and the buyer asked me for the serial number. The problem is that I cannot find a serial anywhere. The lens ring only says "Leitz lens made in Canada Summicron-M 1:2/35" and I have seen other lens like this and they do have a serial so what is wrong here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 Hi RSilva, Take a look here My Summicron-M 35mm V4 doesn´t have a serial number?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Ivar B Posted June 27, 2014 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2014 It is not on the front where it usually but on the diapragm ring (where you set the f stops) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSilva Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted June 27, 2014 It is not on the front where it usually but on the diapragm ring (where you set the f stops) Thank you. Can anybody explain the reason why they changed the location of the serial? I mean, it's odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ansel_Adams Posted June 27, 2014 Share #4 Posted June 27, 2014 Thank you.Can anybody explain the reason why they changed the location of the serial? I mean, it's odd. Apparently it improves the bokeh... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted June 27, 2014 Share #5 Posted June 27, 2014 There was not room for it on the front, with all of that "Leitz lens made in Canada Summicron-M 1:2/35" engraving. Once the front engraving was reduced to "LEICA Summicron-M 1:2/35" - then there was room to move the serial number to the front ring. ("Lens made in Canada/Germany" was moved to the underside, opposite the Depth of Field scale.) Some 90mm Tele-Elmarits of the same era had the same problem for the same reason - with the same solution (SN on the aperture ring). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSilva Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted June 27, 2014 Apparently it improves the bokeh... Ohh thank you, precious information, I think I will remove the remaining letters too... I JUST LOVE BOKEH!!! You have just saved Olympus from bankrupcy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted July 22, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 22, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank you.Can anybody explain the reason why they changed the location of the serial? I mean, it's odd. The main reason I think is correctly identified by Andy (space for a long writing) ... but clearly some designer thought it was a good idea to move the s/n to the side... and they did it also on lenses in which there wasn't problem of space, given their long front ring (Summicron 90, Summilux 75) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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