Leica Ic Non Standard Outfit

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€22,800
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Product number: AI_100 Jahre_30481
Starting Price €15,000
Estimate €30,000 – 35,000
serial number : 53883
Condition : B/A
Manufacture Year : 1930
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Leica Ic Non Standard Outfit

Very rare and complete Leica model C non standard set in very good original condition, containing body with 13.5 cm swing-in mask and three matching lenses Elmar 3.5 cm f/3.5, 5 cm f/3.5 and 13.5 cm f/4.5 – each engraved “883”. Complete with matching first version VISOR “torpedo” finder, filters and close-up lenses in original fitted case. The outfit was delivered on 1. January 1931 to Ernst Leitz, New York with the code “LESAM“ (means: camera with three Elmar lenses in feet with leather case). The Leica model C “non standard” was the first Leica camera with interchangeable lens mount. The flange focal distance was not standardised at that time, so lenses needed to be individually configured for each camera body. The lenses were each marked with a three-digit number which repeated the last three digits of the camera serial number, for identification. A further detail to be found on this version is the “swingin” viewfinder mask for the 135 mm field. Bei der Leica IC „non standard“ handelte es sich um das erste Leica Modell mit auswechselbaren Objektiven. Die Kameras hatten noch kein einheitliches Auflagemaß, so dass die Objektive individuell auf das Kameragehäuse abgestimmt waren. Zur Kenntlichmachung sind die Objektive mit einer dreistelligen Nummer, bestehend aus den letzten drei Ziffern der Kameraseriennummer, gekennzeichnet. Ein weiteres Merkmal dieser Ausführung ist die Schwenkmaske für den 135 mm Bildausschnitt vor der Sucherlinse.

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