A Leica IIIf camera
Leitz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1955
Materials
Metal, Glass, Leatherette, Fabric
Measurements
70 x 134 x 70 mm
Place of origin
Wetzlar
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524613.2.1
Summary
A Leica IIIf camera serial no 769634. It is fitted with a 50mm lens. The lens reads ' Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Summar f5cm f1:2 No 249440'. There is a self timer. The top of the body has engraved 'Leica DBP Ernst Leitz G.M.B.H. Wetzler Germany'. The body is metal covered with black leatherette and the fittings are chrome. There is also a chrome lens cap which is embossed 'Leica'.
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