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PC-Super-Angulon-R 28mm f/2.8

Leica · Leica R · 1988

Also known as: PC-Super-Angulon-R 28mm f/2.8 · PC-Super-Angulon-R 28mm f2.8 · PC-Super-Angulon-R 28mm f2,8 · PC-Super-Angulon-R 28mm · PC-Super-Angulon-R 28 mm · PC-Super-Angulon-R 2.8/28 · PC-Super-Angulon-R 2,8/28 · PC-Super-Angulon-R 2.8/28mm · PC-Super-Angulon-R 2,8/28mm · PC-Super-Angulon-R 1:2.8/28 · PC-Super-Angulon-R 1:2,8/28 · PC-Super-Angulon-R · PC Super-Angulon-R · PC Super Angulon R · PC Super-Angulon R · PC-Super-Angulon R · 28mm f2.8 PC-Super-Angulon-R · 28mm f/2.8 PC-Super-Angulon-R · Leica PC-Super-Angulon 28mm · Leica PC Super Angulon 28mm · Leica PC-Super-Angulon 2.8/28 · Leica R PC Super Angulon 28mm · Leica R 28mm shift · Leica R 28mm f2.8 shift · Leica 28mm shift R · Leica 28mm PC R · Leica 11812 · PC-Super-Angulon 11812 · Schneider PC Super Angulon R 28mm · Schneider PC-Super-Angulon-R 2.8/28 · Leica PC Super Angulon Leica R · PCスーパーアンギュロンR 28mm · PCスーパーアンギュロン R 28mm · ライカ PCスーパーアンギュロン 28mm

Variants & identification

Variant Mount Years Serial ranges Production
R-cam bayonet, manual diaphragm (11812) Leica R, R-cam only, no Leicaflex cams and no ROM (Leica's handbooks head it for the R bodies and the Leicaflex SL and SL2; Kamerastore says it will not fit a Leicaflex; see the notes) 1988–2009 — —
  1. Specification from Leica. The December 1989 and 2000/2001 handbooks agree on 12 elements in 10 components, floating elements, an image angle of 73° to 93°, the 67 EW filter with M 67 × 0.75 internal thread, half-stop clicks, a preset diaphragm to f/22, 0.30 m, a smallest field of 219 × 146 mm (about 1:6), a black anodized barrel, 70 mm across the front (the front lens diameter in 1989, the cap diameter in 2000/2001), 84 mm from the bayonet and 75 mm across. Leica's separate technical data sheet (Leica Camera AG, Solms, undated) adds the 62 mm image circle, a true focal length of 29.2 mm and an entrance pupil 25.6 mm behind the first lens surface.
  2. Weight: the 1989 handbook gives 0.565 kg (1 lb 4 oz); the 2000/2001 handbook gives 0.600 kg and the technical data sheet 'approx. 600 g'. English Wikipedia's table follows the 565 g figure. The later Leica figure is used above.
  3. Shift: the 1989 handbook gives 11 mm horizontally and vertically in any direction and 9.5 mm diagonally, and the data sheet 'up to 11 mm'. The 2000/2001 handbook prints '11 mm horizontally and 9,5 mm diagonally or vertically', and dealers repeat several readings (Kamerastore: 11 mm horizontally or vertically, 9.5 mm diagonally; Flashback Camera: 11 mm horizontal, 9.5 mm vertical; Leica Store Stuttgart: 11 mm vertical, 9.5 mm horizontal and diagonal). The 1989 wording, which ties the 9.5 mm to the diagonal of the format, is the one that fits the lens's 45° rotation; the difference is not settled here.
  4. Body fit. Leica's December 1989 handbook heads the lens 'for LEICA R models (aperture priority and manual mode) LEICAFLEX SL / SL 2 models', and the 2000/2001 handbook repeats the heading with 'preferably' before 'with aperture priority'. The same 2000/2001 page describes the bayonet as 'for LEICA R 3 - R 8 with mechanical exposure compensation at working aperture', and the undated Leica data sheet says 'for LEICA R3 to LEICA R8 with mechanical exposure control and stop-down metering'. Kamerastore says the lens has only the R-cam and is 'compatible with R-series cameras only and will not fit the Leicaflex cameras', which agrees with what this site's Leicaflex SL and SL2 pages say of R-only lenses in general. No Leica document names the original Leicaflex for this lens, and it is not listed for it here. The SL and SL2 are listed on the strength of Leica's handbook heading, against Kamerastore; the R9, which none of the three Leica documents names, meters lenses without an automatic diaphragm stopped down in A and m (Leica's R9 instructions, cited on the R9 page).
  5. Dates: Kamerastore, Flashback Camera, Allphotolenses and English Wikipedia give 1988 for the introduction; the lens is not in Leitz's July 1982 handbook and is in the December 1989 one. English Wikipedia and Allphotolenses give 2009, the end of the R system, as the last year; the 2000/2001 handbook still lists it. Both dates rest on these secondary sources, not on a Leica announcement.
  6. Aperture blades: Kamerastore gives 5 and Allphotolenses 6; Leica gives no figure, so none is set.
  7. Leica's 2000/2001 ROM table also prints the order number 11812 against an ELMARIT-R f/2.8/28, marked 'possible', among the 11204, 11247, 11259 and 11333 Elmarits. The 1989 range table gives the Elmarit-R 28 of that time as 11247 and the PC-Super-Angulon-R as 11812, so the Elmarit line reads as a misprint (the same table also prints the 21 mm Super-Angulons as 'ELMARIT-R'); the same table's PC-Super-Angulon-R line, 11812 'not possible', is the one followed here.
  8. Market prices seen in November 2026, dealer asking prices for used lenses, not list prices: Leica Store London Mayfair, on Leica Camera Classic, £900 including VAT under the margin scheme for no. 3491566 (1989, graded A/B, with caps and leather pouch); Leica Store & Gallery Stuttgart, on the same site, €1,340 on the same terms for no. 3493899 (1989, graded C, boxed); Flashback Camera ¥168,000, tax terms not stated, with hood 12540, caps and case; Kamerastore US$1,129 for one lens with minor scratches and faint haze (item T159432), against its US$1,287 reference price for the model, duties and taxes calculated at checkout. The Leica handbooks print no list price, and no period price in DM or dollars is given here.
How to tell them apart (expand)
  • A wide shift base below the barrel with a knurled shift knob and a millimetre scale to 11 mm; the whole lens turns on the base with click stops every 45°
  • Aperture ring from f/2.8 to f/22 with half-stop clicks and an aperture preselector: the diaphragm is closed by hand, not by the camera
  • Large curved front element, 70 mm cap 14232; the screw-in round hood 12540 doubles as the holder for 74 mm unmounted filter glass
  • Engraved LEICA on the front ring, where the Leitz-era R lenses read LEITZ WETZLAR or LEITZ CANADA

R-cam bayonet, manual diaphragm (11812):

  • Seen from the back, a single stepped R-cam on the mount ring, no sloped Leicaflex cams and no gold ROM contacts (Flashback Camera no. 3470662; Leica Camera Classic no. 3491566)
  • Serial number engraved on the black rear ring around the bayonet, not on the front
  • PC-SUPER-ANGULON-R 1:2,8/28 on the front ring, with LEICA and LENS MADE IN GERMANY; no Schneider name on the lenses photographed
  • Order number 11812 on the box and in Leica's lists

Serial-range notes

the seven-digit number on the rear ring around the bayonet
No serial block table for this lens is published, so a number dates a lens only roughly. Dealer examples include no. 3470662 (Flashback Camera, no date given), and nos. 3491566 and 3493899, both dated 1989 by Leica's own used-equipment stores. No production figure for this lens is published.

Specifications

Formula
Retrofocus wide-angle shift lens, twelve elements in ten components with floating elements, 62 mm image circle (Leica 1989, 2000/2001)
Designed by
Schneider-Kreuznach — Optical design (English Wikipedia, after Puts; Flashback Camera says Schneider made the lens for Leica as an OEM product)
Construction
12 elements / 10 groups
Aperture range
f/2.8–f/22
Min. focus
0.3 m
Dimensions
75 × 84 mm
Weight
600 g
Filter
67 mm (0.75 mm pitch), 67 EW: internal thread M 67 × 0.75; 74 mm unmounted glass in the screw-in hood 12540
Years manufactured
1988–2009
Country
Germany ('LENS MADE IN GERMANY' on the front ring of the lenses photographed; a Schneider-Kreuznach design)
Material
Black anodized metal barrel (Leica 1989, 2000/2001)

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Optical formula — Retrofocus wide-angle shift lens, twelve elements in ten components with floating elements, 62 mm image circle (Leica 1989, 2000/2001)
ⓘ What these charts mean

MTF (modulation transfer function) shows how much contrast the lens keeps at a given fineness of detail, from the center of the frame to the corner — the coarse curves track punch, the fine ones resolving power, and a gap between solid and dashed lines means astigmatism. Relative illumination (falloff) shows how much darker the corners are than the center at each aperture. Manufacturers only began publishing these for modern lenses; no 1950s maker issued them, which is why older families here cite period magazine bench tests instead.

History

The PC-Super-Angulon-R 28mm f/2.8 is the perspective-control wide-angle of the Leica R system, sold under order number 11812 from the late 1980s to the end of the system. English Wikipedia lists it as a Schneider-Kreuznach design, and Flashback Camera describes it as made by Schneider for Leica as an OEM product. The lenses themselves say only LEICA and LENS MADE IN GERMANY. Kamerastore, Flashback Camera and English Wikipedia date its introduction to 1988. It is not in Leitz’s 1982 handbook, it is in Leica’s December 1989 handbook, and it was still listed in the 2000/2001 edition. The 1989 handbook lists it beside the older Schneider PA-Curtagon-R 35mm f/4, which it outdoes by a wider view and a full stop more speed.

The shift is the point of the lens. Leica’s data sheet gives an image circle of 62 mm, so the optics can be moved up to 11 mm off the axis. A knurled knob on the base drives the shift against a millimetre scale, and the whole lens turns on its base with click stops every 45°, so the shift can be set vertically, horizontally or diagonally. The 1989 handbook gives 11 mm horizontally and vertically and 9.5 mm on the diagonal. The 2000/2001 edition puts the 9.5 mm figure against the vertical as well, and dealers repeat both readings and a third. The optics are twelve elements in ten groups, with a floating element for close range down to 0.3 m. Leica’s data sheet gives the true focal length as 29.2 mm. The angle of view is 73° unshifted and 93° across the full shifted field. The Leica Store in Stuttgart advises stopping down to at least f/8 when the lens is shifted. The diaphragm is a manual preset type: you preselect the aperture, focus at full aperture, then close down by hand to the preset value. The camera has no control over it, so the meter reads at working aperture. Leica recommends aperture priority or manual mode on R bodies.

There is only one version. Leica’s 2000/2001 handbook says the lens cannot be converted to ROM. The lenses photographed at Flashback Camera and Leica Camera Classic carry a single stepped R-cam at the back and no sloped Leicaflex cams; Kamerastore calls this the “3rd Cam” version. The sources disagree on which bodies take it. Leica’s handbooks of 1989 and 2000/2001 head the lens for the R models and the Leicaflex SL and SL2, while the 2000/2001 lens page itself and the undated Leica data sheet describe the bayonet as for the R3 to R8. Kamerastore says it will not fit the Leicaflex cameras at all, which is also what this site’s SL and SL2 pages say of R-only lenses in general. No Leica document names the original Leicaflex. Anyone planning to use one on an SL or SL2 should try it on the body first. On every body the meter reads at working aperture, and with no ROM contacts an R8 or R9 gets no lens data from it. Leica’s weight also changed between catalogues, from 0.565 kg in 1989 to 0.600 kg in 2000/2001.

The front element is large and curved and has no filter thread in the usual sense. The 67 EW system is an internal M 67 × 0.75 thread, and the screw-in round hood 12540 holds unmounted 74 mm filter glass, which the 1989 handbook says was available from B+W. The hood is also the front element’s main protection, so a lens that still has it, the 70 mm cap 14232 and the leather case is the more complete outfit. When buying, work the shift knob through its full travel and turn the lens through its rotation stops (four in the 1989 handbook: horizontal, vertical and the two diagonals at 45°); both should be smooth and should click. Also check the preset ring and the edge coating of the front element, since Flashback Camera noted slight coating wear at the rim on one lens and Leica Camera Classic paint loss on the dials of another. The serial number is on the rear ring around the bayonet. Three numbers seen in dealers’ listings, 3470662, 3491566 and 3493899, lie close together, and Leica’s own stores date the last two to 1989; no production figure has been published. In November 2026 dealers’ asking prices for used lenses ran from £900 (Leica Store London, VAT included) to €1,340 (Leica Store Stuttgart, VAT included), with Kamerastore at US$1,129 and Flashback Camera at ¥168,000. Leica’s handbooks print no list price, and no period price is given here.

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