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The fifth-generation Summicron-M 50mm f/2 has been in production since 1979 and is the longest-running optic in the M line, with more than 94,573 lenses recorded across its serial batches. Six elements in four groups, designed by Walter Mandler, Erich Wagner and Garry Edwards on a patent filed in May 1977, it takes internal E39 filters, focuses to 0.7m and weighs about 240 grams. Order number 11826 is the black anodised version, running in batches from 2004 onward.