The Leitz Elmar 35mm f/3.5 is a compact wide-angle lens for the Leica screw mount (L39), produced from 1930 to 1950 and built on the classic Elmar optical design. It was the first interchangeable Leica lens offered after the standard 50mm, appearing in 1930 in screw mount for the non-standardised Leica I, and many photographers of the period used it as a general-purpose everyday lens rather than a specialist wide-angle. Leitz supplied it initially in a nickel-plated mount (codeword EKURZ), with a chrome mount following from 1933 (EKURZCHROM), while nickel examples made after chrome appeared carried the codeword EKURZUP.

No UK auction results for this lens are recorded in our sales history at present, so we cannot publish a verified hammer range, median or current price for it as of 2026. What a given example is worth at saleroom level depends heavily on which variant it is: pre-war nickel mounts, non-standardised early examples matched to a specific camera body, and wartime oddities such as the 'Luftwaffen Eigentum' engraved lenses sit well apart from ordinary post-war chrome examples in value. Once hammer results are logged here we will publish the range and median, which reflect wholesale auction levels rather than dealer retail asking prices.