Leica II, Model D

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Leitz GmbH
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Wetzlar
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1932
PRODUCTION DATES: 1932 - 1948
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 71200 to 358650
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder
39 LINKED COMPONENTS:
LENS: 5cm f/3.5 Elmar UID: L533.00103
LENS: 10.5cm f/6.3 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00132
LENS: 21mm f/4 Super Angulon (screw mount) UID: L533.00107
LENS: 2.8cm f/6.3 Hektor (screw mount) UID: L533.00108
LENS: 3.3cm f/3.5 Stemar (screw mount) UID: L533.00110
LENS: 3.5cm f/3.5 Stereo Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00111
LENS: 3.5cm f/2.5 Stemar (screw mount) UID: L533.00112
LENS: 3.5cm f/3.5 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00113
LENS: 3.5cm f/3.5 Summaron (screw mount) UID: L533.00114
LENS: 35mm f/2 Summicron (screw mount) UID: L533.00116
LENS: 35mm f/2.8 Summaron (screw mount) UID: L533.00115
LENS: 5cm f/2.5 Hektor (screw mount) UID: L533.00118
LENS: 5cm f/2 Summar (screw mount) UID: L533.00104
LENS: 5cm f/1.5 Xenon (screw mount) UID: L533.00119
LENS: 5cm f/2 Summitar (screw mount) UID: L533.00133
LENS: 5cm f/1.5 Summarit (screw mount) UID: L533.00134
LENS: 50mm f/3.5 Wollensak Velostigmat (screw mount) UID: L533.00120
LENS: 50cm f/2 Summicron (screw mount) UID: L533.00106
LENS: 5cm f/2.8 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00122
LENS: 50mm f/1.4 Summilux (screw mount) UID: L533.00123
LENS: 65mm f/3.5 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00124
LENS: 7.3cm f/1.9 Hektor (screw mount) UID: L533.00125
LENS: 8.5cm f/1.5 Summarex (screw mount) UID: L533.00126
LENS: 9cm f/2 Summicron (screw mount) UID: L533.00127
LENS: 90mm f/4.5 Wollensak Velostigmat (screw mount) UID: L533.00128
LENS: 9cm f/4 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00129
LENS: 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit (screw mount) UID: L533.00130
LENS: 9cm f/2.2 Thambar (screw mount) UID: L533.00131
LENS: 10.5cm f/6.3 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00132
LENS: 12.5cm f/4.5 Hektor (screw mount) UID: L533.00135
LENS: 127mm f/4.5 Wollensak Velostigmat (screw mount) UID: L533.00136
LENS: 13.5cm f/4.5 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00137
LENS: 13.5cm f/4.5 Hektor (screw mount) UID: L533.00138
LENS: 135mm f/4 Elmar (screw mount) UID: L533.00139
LENS: 180mm f/2.8 Tele-Elmarit (Visoflex) UID: L533.00140
LENS: 20cm f/4.5 Telyt (screw mount) UID: L533.00141
LENS: 280mm f/4.8 Telyt (screw mount) UID: L533.00142
LENS: 40cm f/5 Telyt (screw mount) UID: L533.00143
LENS: 5cm f/2 Compur Summicron (screw mount) UID: L533.00121
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 50mm f/3.5 Elmar
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  First Leica with built-in coupled rangefinder; first production model
  with an extensible rewind knob; top shutter speed of 1/500; available
  with black enamel body with nickle hardware or satin chrome body with
  chrome hardware. Also possibly black enamel body with chrome hardware.
  Variations: early camera have 15.5mm shutter speed dial; later cameras
  have 13.5mm shutter speed dial.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L533.00010

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lager, James L. --Leica: An Illustrated History - Volume I - Cameras.-- Closter, NJ: Lager Limited Editions, 1993. pp 42-43.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. p 282.//