The LEICA 50mm f/2 SUMMICRON with Near-Focusing Range is the greatest lens ever made by LEICA. This is LEICA's greatest 50mm lens ever, and 50mm is the most important. Voigtlander serial numbers have been published for many years. However, as more and more contemporary sources are located it has become apparent that many published. Rob, the '50 Jahre' Summicron 2/50 was produced in February 2003 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the production of the very first Summicron 50mm f/2 lens in 1953. This lens has the present series' proven optics, but is fashioned from a special silver finished brass mount to resemble the original version.

Leica Summicron 50mm F2 Reviews

Leica has just announced three “New” [read: make some cosmetic changes to an existing lens and run it as a limited edition while jacking up the price to reflect its scarcity] lenses. First is a black-chrome Leica APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, (shown above), made to resemble the classic Type 2 lens from the 1950s with the scalloped focus ring, all brass hood and cap, edition of 700, priced $1,600 dollars more than the standard 50mm f2 ASPH.

Summicron-M 50mm F/2 // M-Lenses // Leica M-System ...

To put this in perspective, you can buy 4 copies of the 50mm 1.1 7Artisans lens in M Mount, give 3 of them away as gifts, keep the remainder and then also buy the standard Leica 50mm f2 ASPH, all for the same price as this lens.

Summicron 50mm Versions

Next is the Leica Summaron-M 28mm f/5.6 in matte black paint with matching hood, edition of 500, $400 more than the silver version.

Summicron R 50mm Serial Numbers

Finally, the Leica Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH. in silver, edition of 300, an extra $400 more than the black version.