Pecole Posted July 29, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 29, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) When reading Luigi's thread about his "new" Elmar, I had the idea to go back to my Fontenelle Collection's archives to check what I had. Since it can interest some of my "crazy collectors" mates, I give here the list I found (sometimes incomplete, sorry) of unnumbered or "five digits" Elmars and other lenses I had : 1) Elmar 5cm - No nº Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm no depth of field scale diaph. scale 3,5-4,5-6,3-9-12,5-18 - No nº Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm "O" mtr no R mark, cylindrical infinity lock - No nº Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm "O" mtr no R mark - No nº Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm "O" mtr no R mark, cylindrical infinity lock - No nº Elmar nickel 1:3,5 F=50mm "O" mtr no R mark, normal infinity lock, engraved "I.R.S.I.A." (Belgian Royal Institute for Agriculture) on the flange, next to the depth of field scale - No nº Elmar nickel 7 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm "O" mtr R mark, normal infinity lock - No nº Elmar f=5cm 1:3,5 mtr diaph. scale 3,5-4-5,6-8-11-16 (but no diaphragm), engraved Germany, dummy - No apparent nº Elmar 1:3,5 f=5cm, recent with red distance scale and triangular field of scale mark (?) - 024 Elmar nickel 1:3,5 F=50mm11 o'clock feet, cylindrical infinity lock, came with not normalized Leica I © nº 53024 - 042 Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm, cylindrical infinity lock. The serial 042 is engraved on the infinity scale ring. Came with not normalized Leica I nº 53042 - 591 Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50MM mtr, came (with Elmar 35 and 135mm, see below) with Leica I © not normalized nº 52591 - 93133 Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm mtr - 93367 Elmar nickel 11 o'clock 1:3,5 F=50mm - 99886 Elmar nickel 7 o'clock f=5cm 1:3,5 mtr "O" 2) Other lenses - No nº Summar chrome f=5cm 1:2 mtr R mark chrome front ring diaph. ring behind bezel - No nº Elmar f=9cm 1:4 fat black and nickel feet not standardized (? no arrow nor "O") - No nº Elmar 1:4 F=9cm fat black and nickel - No nº Elmar 1:4,5 13,5cm black and nickel coupled - No nº Elmar 1:4,5 F=135mm black and nickel mtr not coupled - No nº Elmar 1:4,5 F=135mm black and nickel feet not coupled - 051 Betriebsob. Nr 051. Summarit prototype - 318 Elmar 1:4,5 F=135mm black and nickel not coupled - 0000380 Summilux 1:1.4/50 Prototype, came as head only mounted on pre-serie model nº1641412 - 434 three lenses with same number, with Leica I © nº 49434 : Hektor 1:2,5 F=50mm nickel 11 o'clock feet; Elmar 1:3,5 F=35mm nickel 11 o'clock feet; Elmar 1:4,5 F=135mm black and nickel feet - 591 (next to same number Elmar 50mm with Leica I © nº 52591) Elmar 1:3,5 F=35mm nickel 11 o'clock mtr and Elmar 1:4,5 F=135mm black and nickel mtr - 25-079 three Summicron 1:2/35, 1:2/50 and 1:2/90, all engraved "LHSA 25TH ANNIVERSARY 25-079 LEICA" and with shade, coming with special M6 nº1938079/25-079 - 34499 fake Telyt f=10cm 1:6,3 (Russian) shiny chrome, number engraved behind the flange - 93624 Varob nickel diaph: 1-2-3-4-6-10 - 94086 Hektor f=5cm 1:2,5 nickel 11 o'clock cylindrical infinity lock - 94206 AVENON SUPER WIDE L21:2.8 (Japan) chrome ft/mtr came with special viewer, caps, screwing-in shade and screw/M ring - 96423 Hektor f=5cm 1:2,5 nickel 11 o'clock cylindrical lock - 96833 Elmar f=9cm 1:4 "dickes" black and nickel mtr That's it ! It was nice to remember, but remains to know if it can be of any interest for someone... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 29, 2017 Posted July 29, 2017 Hi Pecole, Take a look here Some more Elmars...and others unnumbered or "three digits" lenses. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
luigi bertolotti Posted July 29, 2017 Share #2 Posted July 29, 2017 He well, Pecole... it's the magic of serial numbers... someone feels, someone no... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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