Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 Gold
Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued • Collectible
- Announced:
- · 2020
- Production type:
- · Small-batch production: 1 (one) unit
- Availability:
- ● Sold out
- Country of design:
- · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Original name:
- · LEICA ELMAR-M 1:2.8/50
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame standard prime lens
- System:
- · Leica M (1954)
Model history (8)
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 50mm | |
| F/2.8 | |
| 4 elements in 3 groups (Cooke triplet derivative) | |
| Leica M | |
| 46.8° (35mm full frame) | |
| On Leica M8/M8.2 APS-H [1.33x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 66.5mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/3.7 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 36° |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Manual |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 6 (six) | |
| Focusing: | |
Coupled to the rangefinder: | Yes |
| 0.70m | |
| 1:11.4 | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 170g | |
| ⌀52×37.6mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 39mm | |
| <No data> |
Source of data
- Own research.
From the editor
A kit lens for the special limited gold-plated LEICA MP 0.72 camera released in 1 unit in c. 2020 in cooperation between Leitz Photographica Auction and Leica Camera AG.
Other Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 [II] special editions (5)
- Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 "150 Jahre Optik" [10484] (30 units) - 1999
- Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 "Anton Bruckner" [11839] (200 units) - 1996
- Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 "HANSA 80th Anniversary" (100 units) - September 2001
- Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 "Jaguar XK" (50 units) - 1998
- Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 "Schmidt Centennial Anniverary" (150 units) - 1996