Lot Essay
The first lenses produced were matched to specific cameras and were engraved with the last three digits of the camera's serial number. From 1932 they were standardised.
Details
E. LEITZ, Wetzlar
A screw-fit Elmar f/4.5 135mm. lens with barrel engraved 573, a FODIS rangefinder, early black WINKO right-angle viewfinder and three Leitz filters, in a Leitz leather outfit case.
A screw-fit Elmar f/4.5 135mm. lens with barrel engraved 573, a FODIS rangefinder, early black WINKO right-angle viewfinder and three Leitz filters, in a Leitz leather outfit case.
Literature
Hasbroeck (1983), Leica, p. 58, 60.
Further details
See illustration