Leica III camera with 50mm f/2 Summar lens
date: label: date made
content: 1936
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: A model III with lens and case in black paint finish originally from the National Archives. The lens on this camera, the 50mm f/2 Summar was Leitz second attempt at a high speed lens. The Summar lens was introduced in 1933 and replaced the 50mm f/2.5 Hector lens that was an option on early Leica cameras. More than 120,000 Summar lenses were made between 1933 and 1940. The Summar lens, like all Leica lenses, is made up of multiple glass elements. The front element of the Summar is made of a glass that is easily scratched and most examples, like this one in the PHC, have accumulated fine surface scratches over the years.
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: PG.67.126
label: catalog number
content: 67.126
label: accession number
content: 1992.0193.10
label: serial number
content: 191890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Camera
label: Object Name
content: camera