Leica IIIa with 50mm f2 Lens
Leica IIIa with 50mm f/2 Lens
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- Description
- Chrome finish Leica IIIa with a collapsible 50mm f/2 Summar. The first Summar lenses were in a rigid screw mount; however Leitz had a long tradition of making a standard lens that collapsed in the camera body, thus making the camera very compact. For a time they even made a 90mm telephoto that would collapse in the same way.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- camera
- Other Terms
- rollfilm; hand; miniature; rigid body
- date made
- 1938
- maker
- Leica
- Ernst Leitz
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
- ID Number
- 1982.0774.08
- catalog number
- 1982.0774.08
- accession number
- 1982.0774
- catalog number
- 82.774.08
- serial number
- 272145
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Leica Cameras
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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