The Leica Elmarit-M 24mm f/2.8 ASPH is a wide-angle rangefinder lens in the Leica M bayonet mount, introduced in 1996 and listed by Laney under catalogue number 11878 in black and 11898 in silver-chrome. Its optical layout uses 7 elements in 5 groups with a single aspherical surface press-formed by Leica, one element of special glass with partial anomalous dispersion, and two of particularly highly refracting glass. It was designed to fill the focal-length gap between the 21mm and 28mm M lenses, and because no M body frames 24mm, it needs the separate accessory-shoe brightline finder, catalogue number 12019.

No UK auction records for this lens are held in our sales history at present, so no hammer range, median or realistic worth can be quoted for it today, and we publish no price we cannot evidence. All figures on cameraworth.com are UK saleroom hammer results — wholesale levels struck at auction rather than dealer asking prices — so once results are logged they will show what an Elmarit-M 24mm f/2.8 ASPH actually sells for at auction rather than what it is advertised at. When assessing value, note that the silver-chrome 11898 arrived only in 1998 and was made alongside the far commoner black 11878, and that the 12019 brightline finder, rectangular hood and flexible hood cap are frequently missing — completeness of that set is the main variable in the price a copy achieves.