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*'''Manuals & brochures''' | *'''Manuals & brochures''' | ||
**[http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals M4-P Instructions XI/82/LX/L] Courtesy of Joe Chan | **[http://www.joe-chan.com/manuals M4-P Instructions XI/82/LX/L] Courtesy of Joe Chan | ||
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*'''Forum discussion''' | *'''Forum discussion''' | ||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/6374-vulcanite-maintenance-any-how-tos.html] | **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/6374-vulcanite-maintenance-any-how-tos.html] | ||
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**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/10852-material-used-und-m4-chrome.html] | **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/10852-material-used-und-m4-chrome.html] | ||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/47091-i-love-my-m4-p.html] | **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/47091-i-love-my-m4-p.html] | ||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/65017-leica-m4-p.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/65017-leica-m4-p-2.html] | |||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/70646-leica-m4-vs-m4-p.html] | **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/70646-leica-m4-vs-m4-p.html] | ||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/129507-m4-p-wrong-serial-no.html] | **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/129507-m4-p-wrong-serial-no.html] |
Revision as of 17:29, 29 July 2010
- Code numbers - 10 416 (13-73.CHROM)
- Production era - 1981-1987
- Variants - Canadian (ELC) and Wetzlar (ELW); black, chrome, M6 Viewfinder versions
- 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.
- Manuals & brochures
- M4-P Instructions XI/82/LX/L Courtesy of Joe Chan
Comment
- Forum discussion
- Reviews
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 |
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1528651** | ^ 1533350 | Leica M4-2 ^ | 1980 | [4700] |
1546351 | 1552350 | Leica M4-P (black) | 1981 | 6000 |
1562351 | 1564350 | Leica M4-P | 1982 | 2000 |
1586351 | 1590350 | Leica M4-P | 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 | 22,970** |
** 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