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The original 35mm Summicron of 1958 is the eight-element, six-group design by Walter Mandler that no later Summicron repeated, and the reason for the version's standing among collectors. Leitz built 21,492 bayonet examples up to 1969, of which 9,557 carried goggles for the M3; this is the plain bayonet pattern for the M2 and later bodies, order code SAWOM 11308. It works f/2 to f/16 on a sixteen-blade diaphragm, takes E39 filters and focuses to 0.7m.