e leitz wetzlar germany black shutter release

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Oskar Barnack, previously an employee of Zeiss, experimented with his idea for several years before he finally invented the Leica camera.ġ849 - Wetzlar Optical Institute founded by Carl Kellner (1823-1855).ġ864 - mechanic Ernst Leitz joined the Optical Institute, manufacturing lenses for telescopes and microscopes.ġ865-1869 - partnership as 'Optical Institute' Leitz became a partner.ġ869 - Ernst Leitz (1843-1920) takes over sole management and renames company as E Leitz, Wetzlar.ġ920 - management passes to Ernst Leitz (II) then to his sons, Ernst, Ludwig and Günther in 1956.ġ924 - the camera goes into mass production. The first 35-mm compact camera was developed and manufactured at the Leitz company. It would be fair to say that few collectors will ever have the luck or the money to collect all the different models.The company became highly successful manufacturing microscopes before branching out in to camera manufacture. There are an infinite variety of both screw mount, and later, bayonet mount models and variations of models to choose from. Leica cameras are by far the most collected camera ever.

The name Leica comes from Lei-tz ca-mera. In 1924, 30 hand built 'Null series' cameras were distributed to famous photographers and other photographic experts to gauge their reaction to this 'small negative, large picture' concept. An employee at Leitz, Oscar Barnack, began experimenting, for his own use, on a pocket size camera.įrom two or possibly three prototypes built between 19 came the idea of mass producing a 35mm camera. In 1863 Ernst Leitz joined the institute and later Leitz became the sole owner of the now renamed company, E Leitz, Wetzlar. The Firm Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany began as an Optical Institute under the direction of Carl Kellner in 1849. The early Leica cameras, and the other Leica inspired cameras like Canon III, FEDs and Zorkis, and generally any camera which winding on also causes the film speed selector to turn, always cock the shutter before changing film speeds. There are many variants such as Black dial, red dial 1/500, red dial 1/1000, Betriebsk or Betriebskamera engraved that worker cameras used by Leitz employees and Eigentum property company cameras.Īll Black dial cameras have the old type shutter speeds of 1/20, 1/30,1/40. The early model IIc was replaced in 1951 by the IIf with minor differences. This model is a Leica IIIf body without the slow-speed button. Shutter curtain have some lateral microcracks which is natural for the camera that is almost 60 years old.

means Deutsches Reichs Patent stating that this design or part of it was patented sometime between 1890-1945)

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Memory dial: two small windows, on top of the winding knobįilm loading: after opening of the bottom plate,īy a handle on it with engrawings open-auf, close-zuīody : aluminum with chrome plated brass top housing, base plate and knobsĮngravings on the top plate: Leica D.R.P., serial no. Re-wind release lever: just front of the shutter releaseĭiopter correction lever: beneath re-winding knobįlash synch. Re-winding knob: allso winds the film, on the top plate, right Shutter release: on the top plate, right, near the winding knob Shutter: double rubber & cloth curtain, horizontal focal plane, speeds 1/30 - 1/500 +B setting: a dial knob on the top plate, lift and turn

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Viewfinder: Rangefinder and viewfinder are in a window with seperate viewers, main windows are three, on the front of the camera Lens: collapsable, Summitar 50mm f/2, Leica M39 screw mount,Ĭap diameter 40mm slip-on, serial no.530100*Īperture: f/2 - f/12.5 setting: on the lensįocusing: by a ring with a handle, on the back side of the lens, the handle locks on infinity, Model : 1951, Black dial variant, (means that has black engravings for the flash synch numbers), (produced between 1951-54)

Manufactured by Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, Germany

E leitz wetzlar germany black shutter release