Leica Elmar 3,5/50, chrome, 1st version

This LEICA ELMAR 50mm f/3.5 is the lens that started 35mm photography. Even uncoated, it gives sharp, colorful, contrasty images. Shooting this made-in-1934 sample makes me wonder why so many people worry so much about their lenses. It works fine today. Better than the newest lenses, it weighs only half as much as a SUMMICRON, and far better than any SUMMILUX, has no distortion or finder blockage. Better than any current 50mm lens, it collapses almost completely into the camera and pokes out less than 10mm (0.37mm)! With hood, filter,cap