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Hello,

The Leicaflex SL2 with a circle around the logo on the front face of the top plate is mentioned in various publications, and said to be rare. 

Does anyone have details about how many cameras were made with this version of the logo? Apart from the photos to be found in books by van Hasbroeck, Lager, etc., I have not seen any for sale, or any photos of this version of the SL2 online. 

Many thanks, 

Simon

 

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I guess you may be referring to the Olympic edition of the Leicaflex SL2 (in memory of the 1972 Munich olympics, if I am correct). There may be a bit of a premium to pay for those items, but a Leicaflex SL2 may generally be bought at very reasonable prices nowadays, so don't think of it as a very rare collector's item.

Cheers,

Andy

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Hi Andy,

Thanks for your reply. Actually, I wasn't referring to the Olympic edition. What I am referring to is not a special edition but a production variation which occurred on the SL2 prototypes and in early versions of the SL2 around the time that it was launched, as below. 

Best,

Simon

 

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There's one for sale at a London dealer, serial number would put it in this batch of 750 on the fourth row

10/23/1973 SL2 0 Series 1369801 1369875 75
6/7/1974 SL2 1385001 1386100 1100
7/3/1974 SL2 1386101 1386600 500
1/20/1975 SL2 1386701 1387450 750
1/20/1975 SL2 1387501 1391760 4260
2/22/1975 SL2 1392001 1393420 1420
6/9/1975 SL2 1393511 1394300 790
6/18/1975 SL2 1394601 1395000 400
7/22/1975 SL2 1415001 1415140 140
7/22/1975 SL2 1415231 1421000 5770
7/22/1975 SL2 1421151 1525000 3850
8/19/1975 SL2, including 1 SL2 MOT with unrecorded number 1440001 1443000 3000
3/26/1976 SL2 in the last two number blocks contains also SL2 mot, the numbers of those cameras are not in order and taken by chance. 1443501 1446000 2500
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