M4-P

• Code numbers - 10 416 (13-73.CHROM)
• Production era - 1981-1987 > 24,970 cameras
• Variants - Canadian (ELC) and Wetzlar (ELW); black, chrome, M6 Viewfinder version after s/n 1642551
• Special editions - 1913-1973 "50 year" edition (inscribed on right shoulder of camera back - 2500 cameras)
• Materials - First Leica with vinyl "leatherette" in lieu of "vulcanite" (vulcanized rubber) jacket material; early M4-P top and bottom plates are brass and later zinc after introduction of the M6.
• Designers - Heinrich Janke - Hans-Kurt Uellenberg - Bernd Nickel
• Manuals & brochures
  • M4-P Instructions XI/82/LX/L Courtesy of Joe Chan

Comment

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• Reviews
  • Camerapedia Leica M4-P

Leica M4-P Serial Numbers

^ Camera 1532885 is a M4-P per Forum discussion [4]
^^ Camera 1649649 is M6 prototype (black)

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
1528651**	^ 1533350	Leica M4-2 ^	1980	[4700]
1543351	1545350	Leica M4-P (chrom)	1980	2000
1546351	1552350	Leica M4-P (black)	1981	6000
1562351	1564350	Leica M4-P	1982	2000
1586351	1590350	Leica M4-P (black)	1982	4000
1604551	1606550	Leica M4-P	1982-83	2000
1618551*	1620550*	Leica M4-P (13-83.chrom)	1983	2000*
1620551*	1622550*	Leica M4-P	1983	2000*
1636551*	1637550*	Leica M4-P (13-83.chrom)	1983	1000*
1642551*	1643750*	Leica M4-P (chrom)	1984	1200*
1649251*	1651250*	Leica M4-P (chrom)	1984	2000*
1691951 ^^	1692950	Leica M4-P ELW (black)	1986*	770*
Total	assigned	serial numbers	1981-1986	24,970**

. * 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.
ELW - Ernst Leitz Wetzlar