R8 Serial Number Help Please

[chris_livsey]

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I am looking at a Silver R8 for sale it has, clearly photographed, the serial, last two digits removed: 24372**

The Wiki is clear that the 2nd revision block was 2433801  - 2435800    Leica R8 (chrom+black)    1998

and that the 3rd revision started at 2464101  - 2466100    Leica R8 (black)    1998 

This is confirmed in the archived: nemeng.com - Leica FAQ - topic (archive.org)

The 22x's were early production, then there's sudden jump to the 24x's and then another jump to the current 275's

This search page Leica Serial Number Lookup [Quickly searches 4332 records] - Red Dot Camera returns the full serial as assigned:  Minilux build in the year 1998

I am happy this is a R8 camera, rather obvious but it would be good to know if it was 2nd or 3rd revision this is 1,400 past that cut off so not a trivial number, or is this yet another example of the unreliability of Leica serial list LOL

[a.noctilux]

6 hours ago, chris_livsey said:

or is this yet another example of the unreliability of Leica serial list LOL

I think so.

Too many examples we read here and there.