![]() ![]() Your Leica is a Leica IIIb from the 1939's second batch of 1000. The story adds little if anything to the value as there is no provenance to back it up so the camera stand on it's own and now condition now becomes the most important part of deciding value. I have no guess if there were more in the group and confiscated or these are what the family knew would be allowed. If I were to make a guess members of your family traveled to Germany early in 1939 and on their way out bought these cameras when they went to bring them into the country Customs only allowed 4 to enter. ![]() The IIIb (G) was the last prewar body and the first that had numbers allocated to the German military. The lens is clearly a 5cm f2.0 Summitar and would from the serial number date as the guy shave said to 1939. Since the body clearly goes to 1/1000th it falls into the IIIB camp from 1939. So I would put that the US customs only allowed your family to bring 4 cameras at a time into the country so as to not be considered importers and subject to some tax. Patrica these cameras were being imported in to the US from many years before. ![]() If in fact it is one of 4 cameras that came into the US. This camera was given to my husband and we are interested in the value of it and All of theĪccessories and the camera are in the original containers and are very old. I don't believe that this next piece is connected to the camera or it's makerīut it is called a Expophot and has what looks like two dials. A Leitz Rahmensucher whatever that is and a Fedco Tone control filter. Of the camera and when you look into the one side it looks like it would 455773 this is a much bigger lense (Elmar f=9cm 1:4).Īnother piece which I am not sure of what it is but it would slide onto the top Is smaller than the one on the camera (Numbers are Leitz Elmar f=3,5cm 1:3,5).Īnother lense with the no. It has another lense that can be put onto the camera that This camera also has red, yellow and green filters, looks like an old type of I am assuming that these are serial numbers, but not sure. 823991 and Leica Camera No.ģ19181 and an Import Certificate number of 2186. On the back of the book it hasĪ date of May 1937. Pictures on standard cinematograph film strips. According to the directionīook from the camera it is a Leitz Leica Camera Model G for single (still) That I have from my family is that it is one of 4 that were brought into the USįrom Germany. Hello I am new to this site but I have a very old camera and the understanding ![]()
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