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Summaron

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The Leica Summaron 35 mm f/3.5 screw mount introduced in 1948
The Leica M3 with the Summaron 35 mm f/2.8 with its googles, from 1958
Leica Summaron 28 mm f/5.6 introduced in 2016

The name Summaron is used by Leica to designate camera lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/2.8 or f/3.5 or f/5.6.

History

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The Summaron 35 mm f/3.5 was introduced in 1945. It was manufactured both for the Leica screwmount cameras and Leica M cameras. It was manufactured until the 1960s and over 100,000 units were produced, making it one of the most common Leica wide-angle lenses ever made. The lens was then discontinued in 1963 just before the first 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit became available for the M cameras.[1]

The Summaron name was revived in 2016 when the 28 mm f/5.6 was released.[2]

Description

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Several lens has been designated with the name Summaron, confusingly with a variety of f-numbers. The only thing in common between these lenses were that they were generally wide-angle and extremely small (sometimes referred to as pancake lenses).

Market positions

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The Summaron are some of the smallest lens in the Leica range, but because of its low maximum aperture it is cheaper than other lenses.

List of Summaron lenses

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For the M39 lens mount
Name Focal length Year f-number Filter size Weight
Leica Summaron 35 mm f/3.5 35 mm 1948 – 1960 f/3.5 39 mm 195 grams
Leica Summaron 28 mm f/5.6 28 mm 1955 – 1963 f/5.6 28 mm 150 grams
For the Leica M mount
Name Focal length Year f-number Filter size Weight
Leica Summaron 35 mm f/3.5[3] 35 mm 1956 – 1960 f/3.5 39 mm 195 grams
Leica Summaron 35 mm f/2.8[4] 35 mm 1958 – 1974 f/2.8 39 mm 210 grams
Leica Summaron 28 mm f/5.6[5] 28 mm 2016 – present f/5.6 34 mm 165 grams

References

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  1. ^ "The 28 Summaron". Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  2. ^ "Leica Summaron-M 28 mm f/5.6". en.leica-camera.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  3. ^ "Leica Summaron 35mm f3.5". Vintage Camera Lenses. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  4. ^ "Leica Leitz 35mm f/2.8 Summaron". www.kenrockwell.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  5. ^ "Leica Summaron-M 28mm F5.6: Digital Photography Review". www.dpreview.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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