Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/2.8

Wide-angle prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · 1958
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • Original name:
  • · LEITZ WETZLAR SUMMARON 1:2.8/35
  • Order No.:
  • · SIMOO / 11006
  • Class:
  • · Fast full-frame wide-angle prime lens
  • System:
  • · Leica SM (1930)

Model history (3)

■Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/2.8 [SIMOM / 11306]M6 - 40.70mE39 1958 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/2.8 [SIMOO / 11006] [LSM]M6 - 41.00mE39 1958 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/2.8 with OVU [SIMWO / 11106]M6 - 40.65mE39 1958 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
35mm
F/2.8
6 elements in 4 groups (Double Gauss derivative)
Leica screw mount
63.4° (35mm full frame)
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Manual
Aperture control:
Aperture ring
10 (ten)
Focusing:
Coupled to the rangefinder:
Yes
1m
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing tab
Physical characteristics:
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Accessories:
Screw-type 39mm
ITDOO / 12570
IROOA / 12571
12585

Sources of data

  • Leica lenses booklet (PUB. 11-34d) (January 1963).
  • Interchangeable lenses are giving your LEICA new perspective booklet (PUB. 11-34) (April 1960).
  • Leica lenses booklet (PUB. 11-34b) (October 1961).
  • Leitz General Catalogue (October 1961).

Manufacturer description

Sometimes called "the Leica's basic wideangle", this was the popular choice for black-and-white and color photography whenever ultra-high-speed lenses weren't required.

From the editor

The lens accepts both 39mm screw-type and 42mm slip-on filters.

Other wide-angle prime lenses in the Leica SM system

■Leica screw mount (6)
Leitz Hektor 28mm F/6.3 [HOOPY / 11000, HOOPY-CHROM, HOOPY-B]M5 - 31.00mE34 1935 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 28mm F/5.6 [SNOOX / 11501, SNOOX / 11001]M6 - 41.00mA36 1956 ●
Leitz Elmar 35mm F/3.5 [EKURZ, EKURZKUP, EKURZCHROM]M4 - 31.00mA36 1930 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/3.5 [SOONC / 11005] (up to s/n 1,423,140)M6 - 41.00mA36 1950 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm F/3.5 [SOONC] (from s/n 1,423,141)M6 - 41.00mE39 1956 ●
Leitz Wetzlar / Leitz Canada Summicron 35mm F/2 [I] [SAWOO / 11008]M8 - 61.00mE39 1958 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Leica screw mount (32)
Canon 35mm F/1.5 LSMM8 - 41.00m⌀48 1958 ●
Canon 35mm F/1.8 LSMM7 - 41.00mS.VI 1957 ●
Canon 35mm F/2 LSMM7 - 41.00m⌀40 1962 ●
Serenar / Canon 35mm F/2.8 [I] LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 41.00mS.VI 1951 ●
Canon 35mm F/2.8 [II] LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀40 1957 ●
Serenar / Canon 35mm F/3.2 LSM • Pancake lensM6 - 43.5 ft.S.VI 1951 ●
Chiyoko Rokkor 35mm F/3.5 [C] LSMM4 - 31.00m⌀34 1956 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F/2.5 P MC LSM • Pancake lensM7 - 50.90m⌀39 2000 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm F/2.5 MC LSMM7 - 50.70m⌀39 2000 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Ultron 35mm F/1.7 Aspherical LSMM8 - 60.90m⌀39 1999 ●
Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 40mm F/2.8 Aspherical LSM • Pancake lensM5 - 30.70m⌀34 2022 ●
Fuji Photo Film Fujinon 35mm F/2 LSMM7 - 53.5 ft. 1954 ●
Konica Hexanon 35mm F/2 LSM (1000 units)M7 - 60.90m⌀46 1996 ●
Konica UC-Hexanon 35mm F/2 LSM (1000 units) • Pancake lensM7 - 60.90m⌀43 2001 ●
Kowa Prominar 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34 1957 ●
Light Lens Lab 35mm F/2 LSM • CollapsibleM8 - 60.50m-- 2023 ●
Light Lens Lab 35mm F/2M8 - 60.70m⌀39 2021 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor·C 35mm F/3.5 LSMM4 - 33.5 ft.⌀34.5 1949 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor[·C] 35mm F/2.5 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀34.5 1952 ●
Nippon Kogaku W-Nikkor[·C] 35mm F/1.8 LSM (1471 units)M7 - 53.5 ft.⌀43 1956 ●
Olympus Zuiko C. 40mm F/2.8 LSMM5 - 43.5 ft. 1950 ●
Rollei HFT Sonnar 40mm F/2.8 LSM (430 units)M5 - 40.70m⌀39 2002 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 41.00m⌀43 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 36mm F/1.8 LSMM7 - 51.00m⌀58 ●
Sankyo Kohki W-Komura 35mm F/3.5 LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀34 ●
Mir-1 37mm F/2.8 LSM
akaМИР-1 37mm F/2.8		P6 - 50.70m⌀49 ●
Jupiter-12 35mm F/2.8 LSM
akaЮПИТЕР-12 35mm F/2.8		M6 - 41.00m⌀40.5 1950 ●
Steinheil Munchen Orthostigmat 35mm F/4.5 VL LSMM6 - 21.00m ●
Tanaka Kogaku W Tanar 35mm F/3.5 LSMM5 - 23.5 ft. 1955 ●
Tanaka Kogaku W Tanar 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft. 1956 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 35mm F/2.8 LSMM6 - 43.5 ft.⌀40.5 1955 ●
Carl Zeiss Jena Biogon 35mm F/2.8 T LSMM6 - 41.00m ●

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ITDOO / 12570 (1956)

For SUMMARON 3.5cm and SUMMICRON 5cm with E39 mounts. Velvet lining for reverse positioning. Narrow chrome band with above lens names engraved on black conical portion.

IROOA / 12571 (1959)

For 50mm and 35mm lenses with E39 mount. Double trigger fastening. Wide chrome band. Earliest examples were engraved "Summaron 3.5cm Summicron 5cm" but no codeword; later ones were engraved with either four or six focal length/aperture combinations and the codeword. Latest ones had the catalogue number and six focal length/aperture combinations.