Leica IIIc with 50mm f/3.5 lens and case
date: label: Date made
content: 1941 - 1942
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
label: maker
content: Leica
notes: label: Description
content: The Leica IIIc differs from the IIIa and IIIb model in several ways, not all of them obvious. The Leica IIIc externally looks very much like the IIIb, the most obvious difference from the IIIb is the placing of the viewfinder and rangefinder windows next to each other.
label: Description
content: Other differences between the IIIc and IIIb are less visible. The IIIc has a die cast body with the rangefinder housing an integral part of the top plate. The die cast body was quicker and less expensive to make than the previous brass assemblies. Also the slow speed dial is marked from 1 to 1/30 second instead of 1 to 1/20.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wetzlar
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0242.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0242.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0242
label: catalog number
content: 1990.242.1
label: serial number
content: 381059
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera
label: Object Name
content: camera
label: Other Terms
content: Camera; Sensitized Materials; Production; Still; Rollfilm; Hand; Miniature; Rigid Body; Single-Lens Reflex
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 8.5 cm x 15.5 cm; 3 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in