rilpoc Posted June 12, 2023 Share #1  Posted June 12, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello everyone, Is there a verified list of production volumes per camera bodies & lenses? Confirming production levels with serial numbers can be tricky because there may have been "jumps" in serial numbers. It would help ranking Leica production by rarity (& collectability). Also, when aluminium bodies started being produced, which cameras and how many were still made of brass ?  E.g. M6 Ti was made of brass, M6TTL, M-P, M8.2, M9, etc. How many black M6 were black chrome over aluminium vs black paint over brass? Regarding production numbers of film M cameras, so far I have M3: 216,000 M2: 82,000 M4: 47,200 M4-2: 17,000 M5: 31,400 (how many 3-lugs vs 2-lugs, how many black, how many chrome?) M6: 132,454 (75453 black chrome, 51725 silver chrome et 5276 special editions) M-P Classic: 500  Missing: M4-P: M7: M-P: CL: MD: MD-2: M-A MP original 1956:  Production breakdown would be interesting  also for Barnack models and for R models.   Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted June 12, 2023 Share #2 Â Posted June 12, 2023 https://cameraquest.com/mtype.htm There are lists for other models as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 12, 2023 Share #3  Posted June 12, 2023 Welcome to the Forum !! As a newbie, maybe you haven't yet spotted our Wiki area : https://wiki.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Main_Page#Film_M which includes several of the "Missing" of your list : as always, not the Bible... 😉 historical data are often, for various reasons, questionable.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroplait Posted June 13, 2023 Share #4 Â Posted June 13, 2023 23 hours ago, rilpoc said: How many black M6 were black chrome over aluminium vs black paint over brass? Â No M6s and M6TTLs were chromed aluminium. Top plates were all made of a zinc alloy, except for a few special editions. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rilpoc Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share #5  Posted June 13, 2023 21 hours ago, luigi bertolotti said: Welcome to the Forum !! As a newbie, maybe you haven't yet spotted our Wiki area : https://wiki.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Main_Page#Film_M which includes several of the "Missing" of your list : as always, not the Bible... 😉 historical data are often, for various reasons, questionable.  Thank you! This wiki is great! All production numbers for Barnacks, and for Ms except the M-A. There are no production numbers for digital Ms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted June 13, 2023 Share #6  Posted June 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, rilpoc said:  There are no production numbers for digital Ms. I think they are still, someway, "company confidential"... 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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