Leica Model III
Leica Model III
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- Description
- The Leica III was essentially a Leica II with a slow speed dial added for speeds from 1 to 1/20 second. The Leica III also had an improved rangefinder with a magnification of 1.5 that made focusing easier. Early production Leica III’s like this one were all black finish. As the 1930s progressed chrome finished cameras became more popular than black paint or black enamel finishes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Camera
- camera
- Other Terms
- Camera; Sensitized Material; Production; Still; Rollfilm; Hand; Miniature; Rigid Body; Single-Lens
- Date made
- 1933 - 1939
- maker
- Ernst Leitz
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- brown (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 8.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 15 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 1989.0357.01
- accession number
- 1989.0357
- catalog number
- 89.357.1
- serial number
- 116665
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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