General Information

Serial #

766952

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAMERA: METAL BODY COVERED BY LEATHERETTE AROUND CENTRAL PORTION/ CHROMED LENS CAP/ BROWN LEATHER CARRYING CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE AND VELVET LINING

Dimensions

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

Length

14.2 cm

Width

5.7 cm

Height

7.0 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

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1950'S

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

FIRST NEW DEVELOPMENT OF LEITZ AFTER WWII - FEATURED BUILT-IN SYNCHRONIZATION FOR ALL FLASH LAMPS & ELECTRONIC FLASH UNITS. FILM-SPEED INDICATOR BUILT INTO WINDING KNOB. HAS A BUILT INSELF-TIMER. OTHER FEATURES SAME AS MODEL IIIC.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING ON CAMERA INCLUDES: 'Leica/ DBP/ ERNST LEITZ/ GMBH/ WETZLAR/ GERMANY/ Nr. 766 952/ [VARIOUS DIALS FOR CAMERA CONTROLS]'/ AROUND LENS: 'Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Summaron f=3.5 cm 1:35'/ ON BOTTOM: 'open - auf close - zu'/ ON FRONT OF LENS CAP: 'Leica'/ ON FRONT OF CASE: 'Leica'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CAMERA: CHROMED BODY WITH BLACK COVERING IN MIDDLE; BLACK PRINTING WITH RED SHUTTER SPEED DIAL/ CASE: BROWN WITH PURPLE LINING

Decoration

'LEICA' ON FRONT OF LENS CAP AND CASE