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2 Vintage Leica Product Directories + Red Dial Flash Guide Numbers Insert
- This lot starts with a Leica Product Directory from E. Leitz, Inc. New York. It appears to be dated 10/54. It’s in good condition, showing some wear from use. The original owner inserted a misogynistic column about depth of field which was in a New York newspaper. There was also a short column about the use of filters on the page dealing with filters.
- This edition can make current buyers of vintage Leica equipment weep. A new M3 without a lens was $288. With a 50/1.5 Summarit it was $468. The SBOOI 5cm optical finder, currently selling for around $250 was $10.20 in 1954.
- Leica photographic equipment Catalog No. 35 is dated 2/60. The SBOOI was the same price then. This catalog is in excellent condition. Apparently from the same estate, as there is a column by the same author, Hale Williamson, about “New Kodacolor Film Good in Any Light”. The column actually has some good information in it.
- Tucked into one of these was the Red Dial Leica Flash Guide Numbers, specifically, for the M3. Printed 10/55. The numbers are different for using cameras with the black dial. This is a replacement page for pp 180-183 of the Leica Manual. It provides comprehensive guidance on how to determine the proper exposure with many different sizes of GE and Sylvania flashbulbs.
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