Re: [Leica] Leica 1935

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

Thanks for sharing.

Roland
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Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 2:33 AM
Subject: [Leica] Leica 1935


> I thought LUGers may be interested in an advertisement for new cameras
that I
> have just seen dated 1935:
>
> Leica III
> All automatic focusing (Whatever that meant!) Takes 12 or 36 exposures at
a
> loading Speeds up to 1/500th of a second Negatives make perfect
enlargements
> With f2 Summitar lens
> £35:5:0 (£35.25 or $49.50)
>
> Similarly advertised is the Rolleiflex with Zeiss Tessar f4.5 at £20 ($29)
> and a number of other cameras, but the Leica is by far the most expensive.
To
> put it into perspective, there was an advertisement on the next page
reading
> 'Anything photographer in our studio (still life) for 5/6 (£0.52 or about
> $0.75)
>
> Interesting times!
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden (UK)
> Tel: (0)23 8046 3076
> Fax: (0)23 8034 8542
>