Leica IIIf

• Code names - LOOHN - LOOHW* per Farines List

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

LOOKX = LOOHN + SOORE (Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 )

LUOOX = LOOHN + SOOIC (Summicron (I) f= 5 cm 1:2) - 1954 Catalog

LOOIT = LOOHN + SOOIA (Summarit f= 5 cm 1:1.5)
* Note: LOOHW is the code name for the Leica IIIc body as well as IIIf depending on the date of the catalog. As a further complication, LOOHW was also used for "30x slip-on magnifier for focusing stage" in the Leica 1984 Accessory Guide.

• Production era - 1950-1957; 184,100 cameras
• Evolution - Flash synchronization ring added below the shutter speed knob
• Variants - Black dial (BD), red dial (RD), self-timer "Vorlauf", black arctic (BA), Esercito Italiano (EI) and Canadian ELC versions; black dial has 1/60, 1/40, 1/30, 1/4 speeds; red dial has 1/75, 1/50, 1/25, 1/5 speeds
• 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)
  • 1953 (Flash synchronization 1.pdf - in German)
  • 1953 (Flash synchronization 2.pdf - in German)

Comment

• Reviews
  • Cosmonet Leica IIIf
  • Ken Rockwell
  • Fabrizio Pangrazi (in Italian)
  • Camerapedia Leica IIIf
• Forum discussions
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Leica IIIf Serial Numbers

Serial numbers compiled from Puts Pocket Pod
.* and data from Pacific Rim Camera
^ Camera 594780 is Leica Ic
^^ Cameras 519518 and 683446 are Leica IIIf

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
495001 ^^	520000	Leica IIIc ^^	1950	[25000]
525001	560000	Leica IIIf (BD)	1950-1951	35000
565001	570000	Leica IIIf (BD)	1951	5000
580001 ^	610000	Leica IIIf (BD+RD)	1951-1952	30000
610001	611000	Leica IIIf ELC (BD)	1952	1000
615001	650000	Leica IIIf (RD)	1952-1953	35000
655001	673000	Leica IIIf (BD+RD)	1953	18000
675000	675000	Leica IIIf	1953	1
682001	^^ 684000	Leica ^^ If (RD)	1955	[2000]
684001	685000	Leica IIIf ELC (+ELW.RD)	1953	1000
685001	699999	Leica IIIf Vorlauf (ELW.RD)	1954	14999
710001	711000	Leica IIIf Vorlauf ELC	1954	1000
713001	729000	Leica IIIf Vorlauf ELC (EI+ELW.RD)	1954	1000
729001	730000	Leica IIIf Vorlauf ELC	1954	1000
765001	773000	Leica IIIf Vorlauf (ELW.BD)	1955	8000
773001	774000	Leica IIIf ELC	1955	1000
774001	775000	Leica IIIf Vorlauf	1955	1000
790001	799000	Leica IIIf (RD)	1955	9000
810001	815000	Leica IIIf (RD)	1956	5000
822901	825000	Leica IIIf (RD+BA)	1956	2120
829751	829850	Leica IIIf	1956	100
837621	837720	Leica IIIf	1956	100
TOTAL	ASSIGNED	SERIAL NUMBERS	1950-1956	80,319

ELC = Ernst Leitz Canada
ELW = Ernst Leitz Wetzlar
Vorlauf = Self-timer