General Information

Serial #

42672

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

EXTERIOR COVERING- LEATHER, ENAMEL, NICKEL PLATE/ BODY- DIE CAST ALUMINUM, BRASS/ LENS HOUSING- NICKEL PLATING ON BRASS/ SHUTTER HOUSING- ALUMINUM/ LENS- GLASS/ VIEWFINDER- BRASS, ENAMEL & GLASS/ ANGLED SPRING-NICKEL PLATED METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.8 cm

Width

4.0 cm

Height

6.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still cameras

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Leitz

Country

Federal Republic of Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Wetzlar

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO RECORD STILL IMAGES

Technical

CONSTRUCTED BY OSKAR BARNACK, THE LEICA WAS A PRECISION INSTRUMENT. MR. BARNACK WAS THE FIRST TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH PRECISION IN A MINIATURE CAMERA AT FULLAPERATURE OF F:35. THE LEICA WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL 35MM CAMERA.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S NAME 'ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR D.R.P.' ON TOP OF SHUTTER SPEED CONTROL, ENGRAVED, UPPER & LOWER CASE, BLOCK PRINT IN BLACK/ 'LEITZ ELMAR 1:3.5 F=50MM' ON LENS HOUSING, ENGRAVED, UPPER & LOWER CASE BLOCK PRINT IN BLACK

Missing

Unknown

Finish

EXTERIOR FINISHING- BLACK & SILVER/ LENS HOUSING- BLACK & SILVER/ SHUTTER HOUSING- BLACK/ VIEWFINDER- BLACK & COLOURLESS/ BODY- BLACK & SILVER/ ANGLED SPRING- NICKEL PLATED METAL

Decoration

N/A