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The eight-element 35mm Summicron is the first and most followed version of Leica's f/2 wide angle, Walter Mandler's eight elements in six groups, produced from 1958 until 1969. This is the chrome lens built by Ernst Leitz Canada at Midland rather than at Wetzlar, and it is the version without the M3 goggles, so it mounts directly on an M2 and later bodies. It takes E39 filters and weighs about 150 grams, with the crisp centre and soft background fall-off the design is known for.