R-E

• Production era - 1990-1994
• Order numbers - 10055-black - 10810-olympia
• Variants - 1992 Barcelona Olympia set which included a Leica Mini and 28mm–70mm f/3.5–4.5 Vario Elmar-R
• Description - "The Leica R-E, first shown at Photokina 1990, joins the Leica R5 series and has three exposure modes, either centre weighted full area reading for normal subjects or a selective reading to cope with the more difficult lighting conditions. Both metering modes are available with the aperture priority AE, as well as manual mode, coupled with the selective meter reading, for occasions where the aperture and shutter speed can be set independently.

TTL flash metering system is fully available as per the R5 specification." -jcb

• Accessories - DB 2
• Manuals & brochures
  • R-E Instruction Manual courtesy of Mike Butkus
• Forum discussion
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R-E Serial Numbers

^ Camera 1900095 is R5

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
1777501	1779000	Leica R6 & R-E	4 May 1990*	2500 ca.1250
1782001	1783000	Leica R5, R6, R-E	1990	1000 ca.333
1786001	1788000	Leica R5, R-E	1990*	2000 ca.1000
1788001	1790000	Leica R5, R-E	1991*	2000 ca.1000
1791001	1793000	Leica R5, R-E (olympia)	1991*	2000 ca.1000
1797001	1799000	Leica R5, R-E	1991*	2000 ca.1000
1799001	1800000	Leica R5, R-E	1991*	1000 ca.500
1900001 ^	1903500	Leica R-E, R6.2	1991*	3500 ca.1750
1907501	1908500	Leica R-E, R6.2	1991*	1000 ca.500
Total	assigned	serial numbers	1990-1991	ca.6,083

. * Serial numbers and batch total from Gandy's List
** Serial numbers from Serial Numbers Leica Cameras with computed batch total.
Unmarked SN's match between both lists and Gandy's batch total was used without recalculation.