Leica IIf

Leica IIf red dial 1/500 with 1951 Elmar f = 5 cm 1:3.5 lens - copyright L. David Tome

LOOEL = LOOSE + ELMAR (Elmar (I) f= 5 cm 1:3.5) - 1954 Catalog

LUOON = LOOSE + SOOIC (Summicron (I) f= 5 cm 1:2) - 1954 Catalog
* Note: LOOSE is the code name for the Leica IIc body as well as IIf depending on the date of the catalog: Leica IIc < 1951 > Leica IIf.

Production era - 1951-1956; 35,091 cameras
Evolution - Leica IIIf body without the slow-speed button; accessory shoe is spring-blade type fixed by 2 screws
Variants - Black dial (BD), red dial 1/500 (R5), red dial 1/1000 (R1), Betriebsk or Betriebskamera (BE) engraved "works cameras" used by Leitz employees and Eigentum (EI) "property" company cameras; some have "sharkskin" (SH) jacket
Body - Aluminum with chrome plated brass top housing, base plate and knobs
Size L x W x H - 136 x 39 x 65 mm / 5.35 x 1.54 x 2.60 in
Manuals & brochures
- If, IIf & IIIf Manuals courtesy of Mike Butkus
- 1953 NY Price List.pdf
- 1954 Catalog.pdf (in German)

Comment

Serial numbers compiled from Puts Pocket Pod
.* and data from Pacific Rim Camera
^ Camera 762932 is Leica IIIf

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
451001	455000	Leica IIf (BD+SH)	1951	4000
570001	575000	Leica IIf (BD+R5)	1951-1952	5000
611001	615000	Leica IIf (R5)	1952-1953	4000
650001	655000	Leica IIf (R5)	1953	5000
675001	682000	Leica IIf (R1)	1953-1954	7000
711001	713000	Leica IIf (R1)	1954	2000
762001^	765000	Leica IIf (R1)	1955	3000
787001	789000	Leica IIf (R1)	1955	2000
799001	799999	Leica IIf (R1)	1956	999
808501	810000	Leica IIf (R1)	1956	1500
820501	822000	Leica IIf (R1)	1956	1000
TOTAL	ASSIGNED	SERIAL NUMBERS	1951-1956	35,499