Leica IIIa with 50mm f/2 Lens
date: label: date made
content: 1938
name: label: maker
content: Leica
label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: Chrome finish Leica IIIa with a collapsible 50mm f/2 Summar. The first Summar lenses were in a rigid screw mount; however Leitz had a long tradition of making a standard lens that collapsed in the camera body, thus making the camera very compact. For a time they even made a 90mm telephoto that would collapse in the same way.
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: Leica Cameras
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0774.08
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0774.08
label: accession number
content: 1982.0774
label: catalog number
content: 82.774.08
label: serial number
content: 272145
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera
label: Other Terms
content: rollfilm; hand; miniature; rigid body