Leica M3 with 135mm f/4 lens
date: label: date made
content: 1955-60
name: label: maker
content: Ernst Leitz
label: maker
content: Leica
notes: label: Description
content: Part of the Hanes collection of Leica cameras and accessories.
label: Description
content: This is an early M3 camera fitted with a Leica telephoto lens. The 135mm f/4 Elmar lens in bayonet mount was introduced in 1960 and replaced the 135mm f/4.5 Hektor introduced in 1933.
label: Description
content: Camera; Leica M-3, Serial No.: #750244, with an Elmar lens-135mm f4; Serial No.: 1893921 and cap. Camera is black and silver. “Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz GMBH, Wetzlar, Germany” is on top of camera. Cap is scratched.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: 2011.0268.09
label: accession number
content: 2011.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0268.09
label: serial number
content: 750244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera
label: Object Name
content: Camera
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 7 in; 6.985 cm x 13.97 cm x 17.78 cm