Summilux 1.4/35mm Steel Rim black M3 *

rare black version with chrome front rim in beautiful, near mint condition, only minimal signs of wear on the black painted goggles, almost perfectly clean optics, with unnumbered maker's box and rear cap. This very rare and special, 35mm Summilux f/1.4 lens in black finish with chrome front rim was produced parallel to the all-chrome version, for M3 with a rangefinder attachment and for M2 without the attachment. From 1961 they were catalogued as the 11872 “RF” model and the 11869 for the M2. There are no records showing how many lenses were made in black finish with chrome rim, but the numbers were very low. It accepted the special lens hood OLLUX until 1966, when the lens was changed to accommodate series VII filters in lens hood 12504.