General Information

Serial #

1132987

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC WITH LEATHER STRAP

Dimensions

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

Length

14.0 cm

Width

8.5 cm

Height

8.0 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

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

FIRST APPEARED IN 1958 AND WAS MADE UNTIL 1967 SO PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S AND 1970S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED TO RECORD STILL IMAGES

Technical

HAS A BRIGHT LINE FRAME VIEWFINDER WITH PARALLAX COMPENSATION AND A RAPID FILM ADVANCE LEVER. IT COULD BE CONVERTED INTO A REFLEX CAMERA WITH THEVISOFLEX II MIRROR REFLEX HOUSING. [REF 1]/ THE RANGEFINDER HAS A "SCANNING DEPTH-OF-FIELD CHECK" [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING ON TOP INCLUDES: 'Leica/ DBP/ ERNST LEITZ GMBH/ WETZLAR GERMANY/ M2 - 1132987'/ AROUND DIALS: '1 2 4 8 15 30 60 125 250 500 1000 B' '0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35'/ ON BOTTOM: 'open - auf/ close - zu'/ PRINTING ON LENS INCLUDES: 'LENS MADE IN GERMANY/ LEITZ WETZLAR 2055714 SUPER - ANGULON 1:3,4/21/ [FOUR NUMBER RANGES]'/ PRINTED ON LENS HOOD: 'LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY 12501 1:3.4/21 1:2.8/28'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CHROMED TOP AND BOTTOM WITH BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER BODY; BLACK STRAP

Decoration

N/A