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Followed by Leica Luxur and Leica Compur (a total of 60,586 of the Leica I, Luxur, and Compur models were made). Interchangeable lenses for these were introduced in 1930. Leica Standard: 1932. The first Leica camera was designed with a film-to-lens flange distance of 28.8 millimeters. Leica II: 1932. The first Leica camera with a rangefinder.
The rangefinder feature was added to the Leica II in 1932, and that year both rangefinder and viewfinder cameras became available with interchangeable lenses. In 1933 the Leica III offered slow-speed shutter controls and a fast 1/1000 s shutter speed, and various iterations of the III (a,b,c,d,f,&g) series became the flagship models and best ...
Leica released its first digital rangefinder camera, the Leica M8, in 2006. The M8 and R-D1 are expensive compared to more common digital SLRs, and lack several features that are common with modern digital cameras, such as autofocus, live preview, movie recording, and face detection. They have no real telephoto lenses available beyond 135 mm ...
Pages in category "Leica rangefinder cameras" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. L. Leica CL;
This is a list of Leica cameras. Leica Camera AG is a German optics company which produces Leica cameras . The predecessor of the company, formerly known as Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems AG, producing cameras, geosurvey equipment, and microscopes, respectively.
Leica III or IIIa with 250-image magazines (10 metres of film) Leica G (Leica IIIa) 1935–1940: adds 1/1000 speed: Leica IIIb: 1938–1940: Rangefinder and view windows closer together: Leica IIIc: 1940–1951: die-cast body, slightly longer, redesigned shutter featuring ball bearings: Leica IIId: 1940–1945: Very rare, only 427 were built ...
The M3 introduced several features to the Leica, among them the combination of viewfinder and rangefinder in one bright window, like on the Contax II, a bayonet lens mount, and rapid film advance lever. It was the most successful model of the M series, with over 220,000 units sold by the time production of the M3 model ended in 1967.
The Leica CL is a 35mm compact rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses in the Leica M-mount. It was developed in collaboration with Minolta who manufactured it. It first appeared in April 1973 and was released in the Japanese market in November 1973 as the Leitz Minolta CL . [ 1 ]