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Code names - LOOHN - LOOHW* per Farines List
LOOPN = LOOHN + ELMAR (Elmar (I) f= 5 cm 1:3.5) - 1954 Catalog
LOOKX = LOOHN + SOORE (Summitar f= 5 cm 1:2 )
LUOOX = LOOHN + SOOIC (Summicron (I) f= 5 cm 1:2) - 1954 Catalog
LOOIT = LOOHN + SOOIA (Summarit f= 5 cm 1:1.5)* Note: LOOHW is the code name for the Leica IIIc body as well as IIIf depending on the date of the catalog. As a further complication, LOOHW was also used for "30x slip-on magnifier for focusing stage" in the Leica 1984 Accessory Guide.
Production era - 1950-1957; 184,100 cameras
Evolution - Flash synchronization ring added below the shutter speed knob
Variants - Black dial (BD), red dial (RD), self-timer "Vorlauf", black arctic (BA), Esercito Italiano (EI) and Canadian ELC versions; black dial has 1/60, 1/40, 1/30, 1/4 speeds; red dial has 1/75, 1/50, 1/25, 1/5 speeds
Body - aluminum with chrome plated brass top housing, base plate and knobs
Size L x W x H - 136 x 39 x 65 mm / 5.35 x 1.54 x 2.60 in
Manuals & brochures
If, IIf & IIIf Manuals courtesy of Mike Butkus
1953 NY Price List.pdf
1954 Catalog.pdf (in German)
1953 (Flash synchronization 1.pdf - in German)
1953 (Flash synchronization 2.pdf - in German)
Comment
Reviews
Cosmonet Leica IIIf
Ken Rockwell
Fabrizio Pangrazi (in Italian)
Camerapedia Leica IIIf
Forum discussions
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Fontenelle archive
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Leica IIIf Serial Numbers
Serial numbers compiled from Puts Pocket Pod
.* and data from Pacific Rim Camera
^ Camera 594780 is Leica Ic
^^ Cameras 519518 and 683446 are Leica IIIf
SN Start
SN End
Product
Year
Batch
495001 ^^
520000
Leica IIIc ^^
1950
[25000]
525001
560000
Leica IIIf (BD)
1950-1951
35000
565001
570000
Leica IIIf (BD)
1951
5000
580001 ^
610000
Leica IIIf (BD+RD)
1951-1952
30000
610001
611000
Leica IIIf ELC (BD)
1952
1000
615001
650000
Leica IIIf (RD)
1952-1953
35000
655001
673000
Leica IIIf (BD+RD)
1953
18000
675000
675000
Leica IIIf
1953
1
682001
^^ 684000
Leica ^^ If (RD)
1955
[2000]
684001
685000
Leica IIIf ELC (+ELW.RD)
1953
1000
685001
699999
Leica IIIf Vorlauf (ELW.RD)
1954
14999
710001
711000
Leica IIIf Vorlauf ELC
1954
1000
713001
729000
Leica IIIf Vorlauf ELC (EI+ELW.RD)
1954
1000
729001
730000
Leica IIIf Vorlauf ELC
1954
1000
765001
773000
Leica IIIf Vorlauf (ELW.BD)
1955
8000
773001
774000
Leica IIIf ELC
1955
1000
774001
775000
Leica IIIf Vorlauf
1955
1000
790001
799000
Leica IIIf (RD)
1955
9000
810001
815000
Leica IIIf (RD)
1956
5000
822901
825000
Leica IIIf (RD+BA)
1956
2120
829751
829850
Leica IIIf
1956
100
837621
837720
Leica IIIf
1956
100
TOTAL
ASSIGNED
SERIAL NUMBERS
1950-1956
80,319
ELC = Ernst Leitz Canada
ELW = Ernst Leitz Wetzlar
Vorlauf = Self-timer
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