Help with lens ID.

[kinross]

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Can any member help me identify a 135mm lens.

I suspect it a first series 135 Tele - Elmar.

The seriel no. is 2083752  Tele- Elmar 1:4/135. Leitz wetzlar.

It comes in a tapered clear plastic container. The lid of which also doubles as the cover for the bayonet end. There are two lens cap type pieces in the container with male/female type fixings, they will lock together. I do not know their purpose. I think I have read somewhere that one of the 135 lenses comes apart for use on Visoflex. I can not see if this lens does in fact split. I do not wan't to break it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike.

 

 

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[james.liam]

That serial number corresponds to a 135 Tele circa 1965:

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/135mm_f/4_Tele-Elmar

[kinross]

Thanks James for that info. Does anyone know if there are any puplications available that list Leica gear in that type of format. Could be very interesting.

I am hoping a member might come up with a explanation of the plastic jar the lens screws into and the two caps that came with it.

I do not have a hood.

 

Mike.

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Mike,

 

Welcome to the Forum.

 

The plastic jar with the cap that the lens bayonets into becomes a storage container if you turn it around with the base of the lens down.

 

The 2 pieces that fit together are most likely a body cap & a lens base which fit together.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Again Mike,

 

In my Post just above " a body cap & a lens base which fit together." should read: " a body cap & a lens bayonet mount cap, which fit together."

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[luigi bertolotti]

Can any member help me identify a 135mm lens.

I suspect it a first series 135 Tele - Elmar.

The seriel no. is 2083752  Tele- Elmar 1:4/135. Leitz wetzlar.

It comes in a tapered clear plastic container. The lid of which also doubles as the cover for the bayonet end. There are two lens cap type pieces in the container with male/female type fixings, they will lock together. I do not know their purpose. I think I have read somewhere that one of the 135 lenses comes apart for use on Visoflex. I can not see if this lens does in fact split. I do not wan't to break it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike.

Yes, your Tele Elmar can have the lens' head removed : keep firmly the front ring (better not the diaphragm ring, though it's the easiest take) with your right hand (other hand keeps the mount) and rotate it with decision counterclockwise : it must unscrew and be extracted after some turns : no risk at all, is a standard feature. It can be useful also to inspect the glass and to verify the originality of your item : the focusing mount usually does report the corresponding serial number of the lens (engraved on front ring) : in my item, not far from yours (2,206.209) it is printed on a paper stick attached inside the focusing mount, near the top of it.

Of course, to use the lenshead you need a Visoflex (II or III) and a bellows with proper attachment (or the 16464 short mount for Visoflex only, without bellows : but 16464 is a scarce item, not so easy to find) : by the way, the Tele Elmar 135 used with Visoflex and bellows (or other kind of extensions as hereunder), results in an excellent macro setup.

 

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[kinross]

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Thanks Michael for the cap info. I should have known that.They just look a bit different to the more modern examples.

 

Thanks also Luigi. It was a struggle,but I have undone the barrel.I think my right wrist will be painful in the morning!!

I will keep this lens. It is in very good condition. No marks on glass or fungus. Possibly because it has been kept in glass jar.

I have the later version of this lens as well. I think I will sell it as I do not need two and the later one will make more money.

 

I have been given this lens along with an M3. Excellent condition and owned by the person since new.

 

Thanks again.

 

Mike