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Joel Matherson
Wow.. These numbers seem too small for a production run. I'm sure there's more out there in the market. 50 units of the black Sonar 40mm would have sent the prices soaring.
No that's the limit of the production run. The 380 Silver ones were made to go with the silver RF35's and they made a small batch of black ones separately just in case someone wanted to go on a black CL or something, however the lens on its own was approx 1200 dollars which most stayed away from most believing the Summicron/Rokkors at $250 and then not long after the much faster Noktons at $349, were much better value. They sat on the shelves so Rollei didn't bother to make any more and discontinued the line. Being so limited user opinions weren't very common and by the time word got out that it was a pretty good lens and the last of the lenses were heavily discounted and they were snapped up. Only when they were all sold did word get out how rare they really are. There was thread on future collectables and the 40mm Sonnor was one I believe will be hightly sought after in the future.