reddot925 Posted September 26, 2017 Share #1 Â Posted September 26, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi All, Â Saw a Summilux v2 lens today at a shop serial around 280xxxx, made in Canada, the shop manager was clearly excited with the gold coating and it does look gold (rather than the usual purple that in other Summilux V1 and V2 that I've seen). Â Just curious, does anyone know what, even if, anything is special about this gold coating? Â Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 26, 2017 Posted September 26, 2017 Hi reddot925, Take a look here Summilux v2 - what's gold coating?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wizard Posted September 26, 2017 Share #2 Â Posted September 26, 2017 Nothing special in my view, just a variation of lens coatings used by Leitz/Leica over time, and likely common when this very lens was made. I do remember my very first goggled Summicron 2/35 (now sold) to have such "gold" colored coatings, whereas later models looked purple, as you have observed yourself. Â Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 26, 2017 Share #3 Â Posted September 26, 2017 I have a Summilux v1 1.765.850Â (chrome, coating "purple") and a Summilux v2 2.290.126 (black, coating "gold" or let's say "yellowish" as many other lenses)Â : all normal, imho... apart that I like more the chrome... Â (also because the std. filter thread and the OLLUX Hood....better than the v2' one) Â Maybe if the item you saw had a coating really and strongly GOLDISH... maybe it has been re-coated... but I think is difficult that such a job has been made by a 3rd party. Â (pictures of coating revealing the real hue aren't easy to render... but if you can try...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecar Posted September 28, 2017 Share #4 Â Posted September 28, 2017 Coating variations were not unusual then as the lens manufacturers experimented with different processes. Just me being cynical: perhaps the dealer needs to justify a higher-than-market price?... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwj Posted September 28, 2017 Share #5 Â Posted September 28, 2017 AFAIK all v2 summiluxs had a gold and purple coating. If you get it in the right light you can see both. Here is an image of what it should look like; http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/images/35mm-f14/D3S_8205-1200.jpg All of them I've seen look the same as that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted September 29, 2017 Share #6 Â Posted September 29, 2017 Hi All, Â Saw a Summilux v2 lens today at a shop serial around 280xxxx, made in Canada, the shop manager was clearly excited with the gold coating and it does look gold (rather than the usual purple that in other Summilux V1 and V2 that I've seen). Â Just curious, does anyone know what, even if, anything is special about this gold coating? Â Thank you! Â Which focal length are we talking about, 35mm or 50mm ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 29, 2017 Share #7 Â Posted September 29, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) 35... OP speaks of Canada... not any Canadian Lux 50 iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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