Standard Leica (model E)
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1938 Leica IE, with a Leitz Elmar (I) f= 5 cm 1:3.5
- Code names - AROOG = ALVOO + ELMAR; AROOG CHROM = ALVOO CHROM + ELMAR per Farines List
- Production era - 1932-1950; 13,545 in black; 13,680 in chrome
- Evolution - Extendable rewind knob
- Variants - Last of the bodies with a top-set viewfinder and without a rangefinder; late versions used a type III body, identified by the strap lugs and a plug on the front where the slow-speed dial would have been installed
- Body - aluminum with black lacquered, chrome or nickel plated brass top plate, base plate and knobs
- Size L x H x W - 133 x 67 x 33 mm / 5.2 x 2.6 x 1.3 in.
- Body weight - 368 g / 12.9 oz.
- Designer - Oskar Barnack
