Leica IIIa with 35mm f3.5 Summaron Lens and Cap
date: label: date made
content: 1937
name: label: maker
content: Leica
label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
notes: label: Description
content: This 1937 Leica IIIa is part of a batch made with chrome rather than black paint finish. The 35mm f/3.5 Summaron was not manufactured until 1949 and is not contemporary with the camera. When this Leica was made, the wide angle lens available was the 35mm f/3.5 Elmar. The use of a 35mm lens on a Leica body was popular with many photographers because of the compactness of the lens.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Educational Systems
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.71.100
label: accession number
content: 1993.0135
label: catalog number
content: 71.100
label: serial number
content: 260678
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera
label: Other Terms
content: rollfilm; miniature; rigid body
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 2 in; 6.6675 cm x 13.0175 cm x 5.08 cm