S/N Links
You can also search your lens in the Leica serial number lookup tool. Leica lens serial numbers database. Here’s the database list of Leica lens serial numbers below. This is only for lenses, if you are looking for bodies, it’s here: Leica camera serial numbers. The database of Leica lens serial numbers will only show 100 records at a time. Leica Lens Serial Number Prices are through the roof, and the original camera most of the time is worth a few hundred dollars tops, while the super-thin gold plating them has diminished that value, not. Leica does not make production in 'blocks' of bodies or lenses. Rather they allocate blocks of serial numbers to certain items e.g. As an example they may have allocated a block of 10,000 serial numbers for the first M7s. At the same time they may have allocated the next 3,000 numbers to R8s. Code numbers - 10 701-black. The Leica M8 is rangefinder as opposed to a single lens reflex camera. M8 Serial Numbers. SN Start SN End Product Year Total.
Stephen Gandymaintains a excellent www site with Leica serial numbers ofcameras & lenses sorted into models and dates:
<cameraquest.com/classics.htm>
After this long page has loaded, do a search (or scroll down half way) tofind the 'Leica Serial Numbers' heading in red. There you will find 5 separatelinks to serial number pages. Eg., this is the particular link tothe M & R SLR camera bodies S/N page:
<cameraquest.com/leicanum.htm>
While the following shows a list of the exact date of manufacture(to the month) for each batch of Ms (until 1999):
<cameraquest.com/mtype.htm>
If you are just looking for lens serial numbers / date of manufacture, then you may find it faster to look at this page:
<forloren.dk/lbf/leica_lens_serial.htm>
S/N are a guide only
Please note: you should always take these serial number lists to be only a rough guide to the year of manufacture, especially for cameras andlenses made after 1993. As noted by Jerry Pfilein May 2002: Cyber security pro free licence keys.
[…] Leica does not make production in 'blocks' of bodies or lenses. Rather they allocate blocks of serial numbers to certain items e.g. the M7. As an example they may have allocated a block of 10,000 serial numbers for the first M7s. At the same time they may have allocated the next 3,000 numbers to R8s. But they may be producing both the R8 and the M7 at the same time. Whichever body runs out of serial numbers first just gets a new allocation of serial numbers and production may or may not continue based on demand.
The practical effect is that the next body out the door is not necessarily one serial number higher than the next as multiple items are produced at the same time. Sometimes blocks allocated to one item are not used wholly for that item and instances of an entirely different item than the block was initially allocated to are discovered.
The system works the same way with lenses although the lack of any serial number/time of production sequence is even more pronounced due to the greater number of individual lens types.
As an example of this I have a 100mm Macro APO-Elmarit R with aserial number which, according the # lists, predates the first actual year of production!
Years of manufacture
If you are wondering about how many years each model was made, the have a lookat the following threads at the Leica Forum at greenspun.com:
- <Greenspun.com: #006wqm> - M models, years of manufacture
- <Greenspun.com: #006wrM> - R models (ditto)
For the record, the M6 (and its variants) were the longest camera in productionat seventeen years, while the R6(.2) is the longest life-span R at thirteen years.
I am just reposting this here as a reference – a large amount of Leica gear was stolen from Ffordes Photographic in Scotland:
Asking for Help , sadly Ffordes Photographic was broken into in the early hours of Wednesday 26th September and a significant amount of
Leica equipment was taken. This is a substantial break in aimed at stealing Leica cameras and lenses.
Please help us by visiting our Facebook Page and sharing the post appealing for information. We have now completed the list of stolen Leica equipment and this is EXTENSIVE.
Please be wary of purchasing any Leica equipment at a reduced price as the serial numbers are now listed with several agencies and the Police locally and nationally.
Leica M3 Camera For Sale
All items were either Leica Film Cameras, Leica Digital Cameras or Leica Lenses.
Inverness Police can be contacted with the following details:
Incident Number – NN10337/18
Police Officer: Mr C Still
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We appreciate any help with this!
Digilux 3 + 14-50mm F2.8-3.5 3184940/4015515
Digilux 2 2991330
Leica X Series
X2 – Silver + Case + Finder Serial Number 4317553
Leica S/S2 Cameras
S Body Only (Typ 006) – Serial Number 4417070
S Body Only (Typ 006) – Serial Number 4686760
S Body Only (Typ 006) – Serial Number 4417295
S-E Body Only (Typ 006) – Serial Number 4810278
Leica S/S2 Lenses
30mm F2.8 Asph Elmarit S – Serial Number 4151485
120mm F2.5 Apo Macro Summarit S – Serial Number 4156132
120mm F2.5 Apo Macro Summarit S – Serial Number 4111860
120mm F2.5 Apo Macro Summarit S – Serial Number 4111659
Leica R Cameras
Pharaoh game free. R8 Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 2285482
R8 Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 2291710
R8 Black Body Only – Serial Number 2775654
R7 Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 19999116
R6 Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 1776195
R4 Black Body Only – Serial Number 1608706
Leica R Lenses
75-200mm F4.5 R 3cam – Serial Number 2896362
2x Extender R – Serial Number 3326677
2x Extender R – Serial Number 3143272
Leica Q Series
Q (Typ 116) – Black – Serial Number 4932761
Leica SL Series
SL Typ 601 Body Only – Serial Number 4967157
SL Typ 601 Body Only – Serial Number 4993497
Leica V-Lux Series
Vlux 1 – Serial Number 3138988
Vlux – (Typ 114) – Serial Number 4860734
Leica T Series
TL2 Silver Body – Serial Number 5226072
TL Silver Body Only – Serial Number 5161802 / PA013849
T Black Body Only + PXC T to M Adapter – Serial Number 4815918 / 4266109
T Black Body Only – Serial Number 4821452
T Silver Body Only – Serial Number 4818007
T Black Body Only – Serial Number 4817778
T Silver Body Only – Serial Number 4812671
T Silver + 18-56mm Asph + Visoflex – Serial Number 4817415 / 4350298 /
PA013854 / 18811
T Silver Body Only (Typ701) – Serial Number 4821089
55-135mm F3.5-5.6 APO-VArio-Elmar-T – Serial Number 4469344
60mm F2.8 Asph(Silver) Apo Macro TL + Hood 4629185
Leica Screw Cameras
Best of the bestest bennie k zip. IIIG Olive Green Body Only – Serial Number 956062
IIF R/Dial Chrome Body – Serial Number 809119
IIIF R/Dial D/A + 50mm F3.5 Red Scale – Serial Number 667839 / 1243798
IF Red Scale + 50mm F3.5 Red Scale – Serial Number 576302 / 1003317
IF Black Dial + 50mm F3.5 – Serial Number 807822 / 709025
IIIB Chrome + 50mm F2 – Serial Number 323656 /214313
IIIC Chrome Body – Serial Number 504790
III Chrome + 50mm F3.5 – Serial Number 216962 / 305349
Standard + 50mm F3.5 – Serial Number 65721
Model 1 C + 50mm F3.5 – Serial Number 42808
Leica Screw Lenses
Leica M Lens Serial Number
28mm F5.6 Summaron – Serial Number 1557352
35mm F2.8 Summaron – Serial Number 19306022
50mm F2 Collapsible – Serial Number 1303973
50mm F2.8 Elmar – Serial Number 1494986
50mm F2.8 Elmar – Serial Number 1551423
85mm F2 – Serial Number 6401994
135mm F4.5 Hektor – Serial Number 1737254
Leica M Digital Cameras
Leica M Serial Numbers
M-P Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 4906950
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4808492
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4889524
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4800917
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4801374
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4699675
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4444688
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4823957
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4786077
M (240) Black Body Only – Serial Number 4852022
M (240) Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 4699650
M (240) Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 4788004
M (240) Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 4787257
M9 Black Body Only – Serial Number 3973678
Leica M Film Cameras
M7 0.72x Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 2777880
M7 0.72x Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 3999551
M4 M Black Body Only – Serial Number 1206858
M4 Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 1188908
M4 Black Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 1381876
M3 Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 752537
M2 Black Paint Body Only – Serial Number 976331
MDA Chrome Body Only – Serial Number 1361020
CL Body Only – Serial Number 1301127
CL + 40mm F2 – Serial Number 1023781 / 2123896
Leica M Digital Lenses
21mm F2.8 M Black + Finder – Serial Number 3194834
21mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3425313
21mm F3.4 Chrome – Serial Number 2055088
21mm F4 Chrome – Serial Number 1672817
24mm F1.4 Asph M – Black – Serial Number 4158882
24mm F2.8 Asph M Black – Serial Number 3770009
24mm F2.8 Asph M Black – Serial Number 3809641
24mm F3.8 Asph M Black – Serial Number 4087819
24mm F3.8 Asph M Black – Serial Number 4082166
28mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4068297
28mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3038060
28mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 3900204
28mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4007609
28mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4191555
28mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4068297
Tri Elmar 28/35/50mm Cutaway
35mm F1.4 Black – Serial Number 2392558
35mm F1.4 M Titianumn – Serial Number 3601491
35mm F2 Asph M Black – Serial Number 3888556
35mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 3865574
35mm F2 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4210986
35mm F3.5 Chrome (M3)
50mm F0.95 Asph M – Black – Serial Number 4240749
50mm F1.1 Artisans 7 – Serial Number 651548
50mm F1.4 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4132394
50mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3876484
50mm F2.8 Elmar – Serial Number 1728954
50mm F2 Rigid Chrome – Serial Number 1951149
50mm F2.5 M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4051037
50mm F2.8 Elmar – Serial Number 1591335
65mm F3.5 Elmar – Serial Number 2068148
75mm F2.5 M Black 6bit + Hood – Serial Number 4049065
75mm F2.4 M Black 6bit + Hood – Serial Number 4309490
75mm F2.5 M Black 6bit + Hood – Serial Number 4058073
90mm F2 Chrome – Serial Number 1818755
90mm F2 Chrome – Serial Number 1983754
90mm F2 Apo M Black – Serial Number 3923702
90mm F2.5 M Black 6bit – Serial Number 4195275
90mm F2.8 Black – Serial Number 2659101
90mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3711244
90mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3648550
90mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3803578
90mm F2.8 M Black – Serial Number 3678222
90mm F2.8 Asph M Black 6bit – Serial Number 3992920
90mm F2.8 Chrome – Serial Number 1918017
90mm F2.8 Hexanon M Konica – Serial Number 3121555
90mm F4 Elmar – Serial Number 1712465
90mm F4 Chrome + OUAGO – Serial Number 1827197
90mm F4 C Elmar – Serial Number 2574963
90mm F4 C Elmar – Serial Number 2603256
90mm F4 C Elmar – Serial Number 2641782
135mm F2.8 Black – Serial Number 2325962
135mm F2.8 Black – Serial Number 2289332
135mm F2.8 Black – Serial Number 2621326
135mm F4.5 Chrome – Serial Number 1414042
135mm F4 Black – Serial Number 2106783
135mm F4 Black – Serial Number 2046698
135mm F4 Black – Serial Number 2083901
135mm F4 Black – Serial Number 2653434
200mm F4.5 Telyt – Serial Number 1503339
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