FIRST 50mm M SUMMICRON with sliding lens hood

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Could someone please kindly tell me the serial number of the first sliding lens hooded 50mm M Summicron and what year it was introduced ?

-- Anthony Brookes (gdz00@btinternet.com), March 08, 2001

Answers

The optical design dates from 1979 with a starting serial number of about 2,967,000. The mount was changed in 1994 and the focusing tab was deleted and the sliding hood added.

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@home.com), March 08, 2001.


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