Leica IIf: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:55, 4 January 2010

Leica IIf red dial 1/500 with 1951 Elmar f = 5 cm 1:3.5 lens

Code names - LOOEL = LOOSE + ELMAR, LUOON = LOOSE + SOOIC per Farines List. 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
Variants - Black dial, red dial 1/500, red dial 1/1000, Betriebsk or Betriebskamera engraved ("works cameras" used by Leitz employees) and Eigentum ("property" company cameras)
Serial numbers - 451001-455000, 570001-575000, 611001+615000, 650001-655000, 675001-682000, 711001-713000, 762001-765000, 787001-789000, 799001-799999, 808501-810000, 820501-822000; 35,999 total assigned numbers 1951-1956
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

If IIf IIIf Manuals courtesy of Mike Butkus

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 *'''Production era''' - 1951-1956; 35,091 [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/leica/sm/leicasm.htm cameras]
 *'''Evolution''' - [[Leica IIIf]] body without the slow-speed button
-*'''Variants''' - Black dial, red dial 1/500, and red dial 1/1000 versions
+*'''Variants''' - Black dial, red dial 1/500, red dial 1/1000, Betriebsk or Betriebskamera engraved ("works cameras" used by Leitz employees) and Eigentum ("property" company cameras)
 *'''Serial numbers''' - 451001-455000, 570001-575000, 611001+615000, 650001-655000, 675001-682000, 711001-713000, 762001-765000, 787001-789000, 799001-799999, 808501-810000, 820501-822000; 35,999 [http://www.cameraquest.com/ltmnum.htm total assigned numbers] 1951-1956
 *'''Body''' - aluminum with chrome plated brass top housing, base plate and knobs