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Early Leica cameras bear the initials D.R.P., which stands for Deutsches Reichspatent, the name for German patents before May 1945. This is probably a reference to German patent No. 384071 "Rollfilmkamera" granted to Ernst Leitz, Optische Werke in Wetzlar, on November 3, 1923.

1951 Ic

Leitz Wetzlar 1:3,5 F=5 cm lens

Nr 560459

One of 2800 made

Leica Camera AG is a German optics enterprise and manufacturer of Leica cameras. The company is primarily known for its high-quality, lightweight rangefinder cameras, which have gained renown from their use as the camera of choice for several famous street photographers.

Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

The 23 page booklet flic.kr/p/2q4H9hW

Leica MDa + Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15 f4,5

Fujifilm Fujicolor 200

(Nikon Coolscan IV ED)

A167 Ancona

1936

Oskar Barnack Died 16 January (aged 56)

Fallingwater (Built 1936–1939)

National Diet Building (completed 17 November . JAPAN)

serialNumber

IIIa .222262

Elmar.309912

(iPhone 4S back camera 4.28mm f/2.4)

Leica M2 + Summicron 50 "Wetzlar" (6 lenses)

Ilford XP2 Super

(Nikon Coolscan IV ED)

Leica MDa + Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15 f4,5

Kodak ColorPlus 200

(Nikon Coolscan IV ED)

A181 San Benedetto del Tronto Porto

my good old Leica 3 f

My rusty old Leica 3f (IIIf).

My Leica IIIc, this beautiful camera was built in 1950 (the IIIc line was manufactured between 1940 and 1951) featured a slightly longer body than earlier III models and diecast body rather than a series of assembled parts also had a shutter redesign.

The Lens (manufactured 1949) is a Leitz Summitar 50mm (5cm) focal range and a f/2 maximum aperature which can be stopped down to f/16.

It's a pain in the butt to use, but totally worth it with the image quality it pumps out. There's no lightmeter so I either use a VC Meter II or Sunny-16.

Strobist Info:

1 SB-600 M 1/4 Shoot Thru Umbrella Left Corner

1 SB-800 M 1/16 Bare Left Side, Bounced off Sunbounce at Right

I found a pre-war Leica rangefinder in good working order. It's not mint but that's good because I want to use it, not display it. One of 200 made in 1937-38

I have always wanted a Leica. For my birthday, Mike surprised me with this Leica DRP Ernst Leitz Wetzlar. ♥

Leica M2 + Summicron 50 "Wetzlar" (6 lenses)

Ilford XP2 Super

(Nikon Coolscan IV ED)

Leica MDa + Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar 15 f4,5

Kodak Ektar 100

(Nikon Coolscan IV ED)

This was shot with the oldest lens in my collection, a 65-yr-old Ernst Leitz Wetzlar 12.5cm f/2.5.

This is is a really unique lens, originally intended to fit on the end of a the first version of the Leica Visoflex (see next image), which was an accessory viewfinder for Leica screw-mount rangefinders like the DRP and DBP. The Visoflex featured a heavy but beautifully-cast housing for a manually flipped-up mirror. One end screwed into the camera and one of a pretty limited collections of lenses was attached to the other. It was the forerunner of built-in SLR technology.

I mounted the lens/Visoflex combo on my Sony on my Sony using a Leica M37 screwmount adapter, and took it out with my wife and grandkids for a test run at our local Dinosaur park. What a heavy beast! The viewfinder though is pretty cool. Very nice optics. With the mirror down, it was as good as a modern DLSR's … pretty impressive for the day.

I could not get the last quarter turn of the screwmount in because of grip interference, but figured that wouldn't affect the ability to focus since my distances at the park were short. The thing was so heavy that I ended up using it like a grip with the eyepiece turned upside-down, and just used the Sony's viewfinder with the Visoflex mirror locked up.

Fortunately there are adapters available to mount the lens directly on the Sony.

A couple shots with this lens mounted on the Visoflex are a few images back … one of the girl on a swing, and the other of the dinosaur attack.

I found a pre-war Leica rangefinder in good working order. It's not mint but that's good because I want to use it, not display it. One of 200 made in 1937-38

I found a pre-war Leica rangefinder in good working order. It's not mint but that's good because I want to use it, not display it. One of 200 made in 1937-38

Wondering if anyone knows the exact model / quality and/or value of these Leica's ???

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3 Rangefinders ...

- Leica DRP Ernst Leitz Wetzlar serial no. 195671 with 35 mm lens

- Leica DRP Ernst Leitz Wetzlar serial no. 327279 with 50 mm lens

- Older model with f=28cm

Also the following lenses ...

- Hektor f13.5cm 1:4.5

- Elmar f=9cm 1:4

Leica M2 + Canon 35 f2 (screw mount)

Kodak BW400CN

(Nikon Coolscan IV ED)

I found a pre-war Leica rangefinder in good working order. It's not mint but that's good because I want to use it, not display it. One of 200 made in 1937-38

There's nothing quite like a classic Leica.

My uncle recently brought me this camera. Apparently my mom's uncle gave it to her quite a long time ago. I've been cleaning it up a bit here and there, and trying to figure out how to make it work. Unfortunately, I still can't find out how to change the shutter speed. I can change it, but I can't make sense of it. So if someone out there has any idea how it works, I'd love to hear about it.

No processing done, other than the montage.

„LEICA-DRP Ernst-Leitz-Wetzlar“

„LEICA-DRP Ernst-Leitz-Wetzlar“

„LEICA-DRP Ernst-Leitz-Wetzlar“