Leica If: Difference between revisions

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Leica If "red dial" camera with 1952 Elmar f = 5 cm 1:3.5 lens = OEINO

Code names - OEINO = OEFGO + ELMAR, OESFO = OEFGO + SOORE, OEGIO = OEFGO + FOKUS per Farines List. Note: OEGIO is the code name for the Leica Ic body with viewfinder as well as Leica If, depending on the date of the catalog: Leica Ic < 1951 > Leica If.
Production era - 1952-1958; 15,786 cameras
Evolution - Leica IIIf body without rangefinder or viewfinder intended for technical use like mounted in a microscope or Visoflex; the Leica If has two accessory shoes on the top
Serial numbers - 562801-565000, 575001-580000, 673001-674999, 682001-684000, 760001-762000, 780091-780100, 789001-790000, 807501-808500, 815001-816000, 822001-823000, 850901-851000; 17,309 total assigned numbers 1952-1957
Body - aluminum with chrome plated brass top plate, 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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 Leica If "red dial" camera with 1952 [[Elmar f = 5 cm 1:3.5]] lens = OEINO
-*'''Code names''' -  OEINO  = OEFGO + ELMAR (as shown),  OESFO  = OEFGO + SOORE,   OEGIO  = OEFGO + FOKUS [http://www.farines-photo.com/tech/leica/screwmount/index.html per Farines List].  Note: OEGIO is the code name for the [[Leica Ic]] body with viewfinder as well as Leica If, depending on the date of the catalog: [[Leica Ic]] < 1951 > [[Leica If]].
+*'''Code names''' -  OEINO  = OEFGO + ELMAR,  OESFO  = OEFGO + SOORE,   OEGIO  = OEFGO + FOKUS [http://www.farines-photo.com/tech/leica/screwmount/index.html per Farines List].  Note: OEGIO is the code name for the [[Leica Ic]] body with viewfinder as well as Leica If, depending on the date of the catalog: [[Leica Ic]] < 1951 > [[Leica If]].
 *'''Production era''' - 1952-1958; 15,786 [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/leica/sm/leicasm.htm cameras]
 *'''Evolution''' - [[Leica IIIf]] body without rangefinder or viewfinder intended for technical use like mounted in a microscope or [[Visoflex]]; the [[Leica If]] has two accessory shoes on the top