Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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