Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 "Jaguar XK"
Standard prime lens • Film era • Discontinued • Collectible
- Announced:
- · 1998
- Production type:
- · Small-batch production: 50 (fifty) units
- Availability:
- ● Sold out
- Country of design:
- · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
- Original name:
- · LEICA ELMAR-M 1:2.8/50 50 Years JAGUAR XK
- 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: | |
| 245g | |
| ⌀52×37.6mm | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 39mm | |
| <No data> |
Source of data
- Own research.
From the editor
A kit lens for the special limited LEICA M6 silver chrome finish camera released in 50 units in 1998 to mark 50 years since the introduction of the Jaguar XK120 car.
Other Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 [II] special editions (5)
- Leica Elmar-M 50mm F/2.8 Gold (1 unit) - 2020
- 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 "Schmidt Centennial Anniverary" (150 units) - 1996