box86rowh Posted February 21, 2022 Share #1 Posted February 21, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) This summitar lens seems to have an extra digit? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/330022-summitar-serial-number-oddity/?do=findComment&comment=4387756'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 Hi box86rowh, Take a look here Summitar Serial Number Oddity. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
alan mcfall Posted February 21, 2022 Share #2 Posted February 21, 2022 A lot of 5000 Summitars was produced at 760001 to 765000, in 1949. This is also about the time Leitz switched from the serial prefix of No to Nr. But the spacing between the prefix and the start of the serial, 76xxxx is suspect. Also the spacing of the N to the r. is off. Not sure what happened, or why the extra "2" digit. Maybe a factory day after a big October fest night. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 21, 2022 Share #3 Posted February 21, 2022 This "-" character is an oddity too... never seen... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/330022-summitar-serial-number-oddity/?do=findComment&comment=4387887'>More sharing options...
sabears Posted February 21, 2022 Share #4 Posted February 21, 2022 Please post more photos...🕵️♂️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
box86rowh Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted February 21, 2022 I will in a little bit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
box86rowh Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted February 22, 2022 Here is a link to the eBay auction… https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leica-D-R-P-ERNST-LEITZ-WETZLAR-CAMERA-GERMANY-Nr-569543-SUMMITAR-2-LENS-/304363335749?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 22, 2022 Share #7 Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) the Elmar 9 cm looks more normal... and so the IIIf BD body... number correct,, some dent on the top : for what I can see, no risk of Russian origin 😁 , price interesting, even if the “all in good condition” is maybe optimistic. I never bought cameras on ebay, so no much to add on my side ; the Summitar's oddities aren't easily explicable... as noted before there is some oddity also in the spacing of the characters... a factory error is possible: other (rare) cases of "wrong numbering" are reported : i remember distincly a 135 in which the (correct) number was written twice... ☺️ Edited February 22, 2022 by luigi bertolotti 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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