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Leica's first 35mm Summicron used eight elements in six groups, a Walter Mandler design produced from 1958 until 1969 in Wetzlar and at Ernst Leitz Canada, and it remains the most sought of the pre-aspherical versions for the way it draws at f/2. This is the chrome-finished version, heavier in the hand than the black barrels and the finish in which most of the run was delivered. It takes E39 filters and the barrel weighs about 150 grams.