Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2

• Leica Order No. - SOORE LLC - 118
• Production era - 1939-1955 with coated lens (SOORE-B) after 1946 < 172,390 lenses
• Variants - No channel, “v” channel, square-bottom channel, Heer - Army, Luftwaffen-Eigentum - Airforce and W.Haven - Navy, A.M. Aeronautica Militare (Italian Airforce) + aluminum rim versions
• Lens mount - Leica Screw-thread
• Number of lenses /groups - 7 /4
• F stop range - f/2-f/16
• Closest focusing distance - 1 m
• Smallest object field -
• Diaphragm setting /type - 10-blade / 6-blade after s/n 810001 (with exceptions per Forum discussion [7] below)
• Angle of view diagonal - 45 degrees
• Filter size - E36
• Accessories - Hoods: SOOPD, SOOFM; Viewfinders: VIOOH, SBOOI 12015; E39 filter adapter SNHOO
• Materials - Chrome plated brass
• Dimensions (deployed length x diameter) - 42.7 x 47.8 mm /1.68 x 1.88 in
• Weight - 240 g /8.47 oz
• Inscription - Summitar f=5cm 1:2 Nr6XXXXX
• Designer - Max Berek (29 Jul 1937 - Patent file-date)

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Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 Serial Numbers

Serial numbers compiled from known lenses and Puts Pocket Pod.pdf
*Note: Puts has asterisk at 990 batch - prototypes for later Summicron lens were in this batch
** Lens 812349 is Elmar 5 cm 1:3.5
^ Lens 419845 is Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Total
418001	^ 425000	^ Summar f= 5 cm 1:2	1938	[7000]
487001	490000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1938	3000
504501	510000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1939	5500
520001	530000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1939	10000
550501	555500	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 (Luftwaffen)	1940	5000
559001	565000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 (Luftwaffen+Heer)	1941	6000
577001	580000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1941	3000
584501	586000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1942	1500
586001	590000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 (W.Haven+ Luftwaffen)	1942	4000
603001	605000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1946	2000
607001	608000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1946	1000
610001	612000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1946	2000
618001	630000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1946	12000
657001	670000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 (A.M.)	1948	13000
679001	688000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1949	9000
701001	706000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1949	5000
721001	726000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1949	5000
732501	740000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1949	7500
753101	756000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1949	2900
760001	765000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1950	5000
782001	790000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1950	8000
792001	800000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1950	8000
810001**	820000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1950	10000
812242	813231	*Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1950	990
845001	850000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1951	5000
856001	866000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 (Eigentum)	1951	10000
899001	904000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1951	5000
910001	915000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1951	5000
930001	940000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1951	10000
977001	982000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1952	5000
990001	993000	Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2	1952	3000
TOTAL	ASSIGNED	SERIAL NUMBERS	1938-1952	172,390