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Early Leica drawings adapted from manufacturer's brochures in The Leica Pages

Preproduction series of 31 cameras, Serial #100-130, hand-made in 1923 & 1924. Since the focal plane shutter was not self capping on the first seven examples, they required the use of a lens cap which was attached with a cord to a small bracket on the camera body. This feature was retained on the second batch even though they had a self-capping shutter. The viewfinder (either folding or telescoping type) is located directly above the lens. (Image and data courtesy of Massimo Bertacchi

• Production era - 1923-1924; 31 cameras
• Variants - First a folding finder, later replaced by a tubular finder with crosshairs, and then finally without viewfinder
• Serial numbers - 100-130; 31 total assigned numbers 1923-1924
• Body - aluminum with black lacquered brass top plate, base plate and nickel plated knobs
• Size L x W x H - 133 x 39 x 65 mm / 5.24 x 1.54 x 2.60 in

• Anastigmat Lens - LLC - 112
• Production era - 1920-1925
• Variants - non-self-closing and self-closing lens
• Lens mount - Fixed to camera
• Number of lenses /groups - 4 /3
• F stop range - f/3.5 > f/12
• Closest focusing distance - 1 m / 3.28 ft
• Angle of view diagonal - 45 degrees
• Materials - Lacquered brass
• Dimensions (length x diameter) -
• Weight - 135 g /4.76 oz
• Inscription - Leitz Anastigmat 1:3,5 F=50mm
• Designer - Oskar Barnack, Zeiss Anastigmat lens design by Paul Rudolph (1858-1935)