247. Unknown Leica Copy Prototype for 25x25mm

This relatively heavy (0,65 kg with Elmar lens) camera has some overall resemblance to a Leica, but is different in almost all details. The body is black painted in wrinkle finish. It uses short strips of 35mm film (the frame counter ends at 25) in dedicated cassettes. Galilean viewfinder v=0,55x and separate, but coupled rangefinder 1:1. Focal plane shutter B, 1/25 - 1/200, plus slow speeds operable by a small lever on the camera base (no slow speeds scale though). With Elmar 3.5/50mm lens no.184280 (1933). Shutter is working and is being cocked by film strip. The Elmar lens from 1933 has been fitted to the camera body to allow for a free movement of the distance lever of the lens, but this does not mean that the camera must be of similar vintage as the lens. Nearly all constructive details are different from any Leica (and even any Leica copy) that we know. Some solutions are inferior to a Leica (like the design of the camera back), but most details are very well thought-out and show the high precision mechanical competence of the camera designer. There is no designation, no hint for the origin of this very well and competently made 35-mm-camera, with one exception: the thread in the camera bottom is ¼“, which would be uncommon for a German (or continental European) camera.

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