It includes a vented metal lens shade, metal front cap and comes packaged in the same retro clear plastic lens container as its more limited silver chrome sibling. The standard black anodized version is machined out of lighter-weight aluminum similar to current M lenses. These little touches add up to quite a special homage to the original landmark lens. Instead of a modern leather lens case, the Noctilux comes protected in the retro clear case of yesteryear. Then, to really up the vintage aesthetic, Leica has engraved the front of the lens with LEITZ WETZLAR instead of the usual LEICA, and packages the lens in a box that is a direct throwback to the original from the 1960s, with the classic white and red colorway and period-appropriate typography. The limited silver chrome edition features brass construction, resulting in a solid heft and classic feel. But now, as with the re-issues of the 1950s-era 28mm f/5.6 Summaron-M and 90mm f/2.2 Thambar-M from the 1930s, the unique image rendering of this 1960s icon are now available in modern production as part of the Leica Classics Range.Д®choing the past, a silver chrome version will be available, but is limited to just 100 numbered pieces worldwide, in addition to the standard serialized black chrome finish. These are now are some of the rarest and most sought after lenses in all of Leica's history. Almost entirely produced in a black anodized finish, a mere five prototypes were made in silver chrome. This exotic and cutting-edge design was necessary to reduce spherical aberrations at maximum aperture and resulted in more pleasing rendering.ДЄs only 1,757 f/1.2 Noctiluxes were ever produced, an original is hard to come by. While offering the fastest aperture of any Leica lens at the time at f/1.2, the 50mm Noctilux was also the first serially-produced optic in the world to employ two asperhical lens elements. The first ultra-fast aperture lens from Leica to bear the designation вЂNoctilux' was introduced in 1966 and produced until 1975. Today, Leica has announced the reissue of the legendary first-generation Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH lens.

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