A Leica IIIb camera body
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1938 - 1946
Materials
Metal, Glass, Leatherette, Fabric
Measurements
67 x 142 x 33 mm
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524611
Summary
A Leica IIIb camera body. The shutter has a wide range of speeds:1/20-1/1000 sec and is controlled from the knob on the top, whilst another knob on the front controls the lower range including Z(T). The body is metal covered in black leatherette with chrome fittings. The top of the body has the marking 'Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar No.280719'. The chrome body cap has a screw fitting.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Leitz , manufacturer