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Hello all

I'm new here and was just wondering what kind of camera this is. The person who was photographed is German and this photo is from the late 1930s. That's all the info I have.

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2 hours ago, franzgrasser said:

As someone new to this Leica forum AND film photography, could you elaborate more on ERC and "III"? What are those referring to? What do you mean? I'm lost haha.

OK sorry ERC means Ever Ready Case,  on a Leica III there is a ring set protruding in front of the camera (on the left of your pict) for using slow shutter time .

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2 hours ago, franzgrasser said:

As someone new to this Leica forum AND film photography, could you elaborate more on ERC and "III"? What are those referring to? What do you mean? I'm lost haha.

One thing you will get used to very soon in this forum is the extensive use of abbreviations. 😆

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25 minutes ago, jc_braconi said:

OK sorry ERC means Ever Ready Case,  on a Leica III there is a ring set protruding in front of the camera (on the left of your pict) for using slow shutter time .

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This ring set is a part of the lense?

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No, is a complement to the shutter mechanism to set long exposure times (from 1/20 to 1 second)

And btw, about "III" : old Leicas had three main versions :

- the I (which later was named also as "Standard", easy to distinguish because it has not an integrated rangefinder on top

- the II , which does have the integrated rangefinder (a great improvement, and a costly device to build)

- the III, same as II but also with the low speeds mechanism  quoted above.(clockwork mechanism, also a non negligible additional cost)

... with several subversions, evolutions, variants...  you can give a look to our Wiki area ("Screw-Thread bodies") to have an overview of the story of this historically important camera.

 

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