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| Circa 1932-48. Historically significant, this, the very first camera body to bear the "LEICA" trademark, is Leica's first camera body model with a built in coupled rangefinder. Introduced in 1932 in black and followed th... |
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$1,590.00
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| Basically a IIIf with no self timer and no slow speeds and with additional fine structure to the onset of top shutter speed of 1/1000th second. |
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$550.00
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| The IIIf was introduced in 1950 as Leica's first production originally equipped flash sync capable body and quickly became Leica's highest selling Screw Mount Camera body. Not exactly revolutionary in design it was littl... |
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From $500.00 to $689.92
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| Introduced in 1957, three years after the M3 introduction, the IIIg was Leica's last SM camera body model. It has parallax corrected viewfinder frame lines for 5cm/50mm and 9cm/90mm lenses. Very much like the M3, it h... |
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From $995.00 to $1,385.40
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| The very earliest Leica Reporters were two prototypes based on the Leica II or "D" body modified to take 10 meters of 35mm film. This particular refinement never made it into regular production though models based on the... |
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| Basically a scientific lab application IIIc sans slow speeds, rangefinder and viewfinder. Has two accessory shoes. Very popular with some users because of its lightness and compactness. Most ideal when employed with a sm... |
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| Basically a IIIc sans slow speeds. Many were upgraded to IIIc by factory retrofit and can be identified by serial number and by the fact that it has only two accessory shoe screws while the IIIc has four screws. Only 10,... |
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| Circa 1933-39. The Model F was Leica's first slow shutter speed capable focal plane shutter equipped body. As one of Leica's earliest models of any duration it was subject to a great many evolutionary changes during its ... |
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| Basically a III with the addition of a top shutter speed of 1/1000th second. Has the distinction of being Leica's most commercially successful camera body and is anything but rare. |
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| First Leica body to have modern diecast body construction, solving the problem of flexing with heavy lens loads. Circa 1940 through 1951. The IIIC was also Leica's first model introduced as a change of construction, rath... |
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Essentially, in practical operation, an early version IIIc with self-timer included. Leica IIIc body with a self-timer on the front similar to the later IIIf with one extra circle on the arm of the button. One of Leica... |
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| Circa 1926 - 1930 Dial set and rim set variations |
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| Basically a Leica IIIa (with added flash sync of a IIIf) body modified to give 72 exposures on a 36 exposure 35mm roll of film. Each exposure is a vertical mode 24mm X 18mm frame.
Total production 183: 150 Canada (Mi... |
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| Perhaps Leica's most significant incremental set of improvements to it photographic platform. Earliest (pre "STANDARD") take a matched set of interchangeable lenses that are mount matched at the factory and were generall... |
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| Leica's very first production camera: highly evolutionary during its life: ongoing evolutionary changes as Leica learned the methods of optimizing production and camera capabilities.
Illustrative picture actually look... |
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