Leica I, Model B (dial-set Compur)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Ernst Leitz GmbH
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Wetzlar
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Compur Leica
SEE ALSO: Leica I, Model B (rim-set Compur)
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1926
PRODUCTION DATES: 1926-1929
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 5701 to 13163
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm (other)
1 LINKED COMPONENT:
LENS: 5cm f/3.5 Elmar UID: L533.00103
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 5cm f/3.5 Elmar
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Only Leica model fitted with a between the lens shutter. Two versions:
  Dial-Set (1926-1929) shutter speeds 1- 1/300 on large dial; small dial
  speed for instantaneous (M), bulb (D), and time (Z); no double
  exposure prevention as shutter is not connected to film advance.
  Rim-Set (1928-1941) shutter speeds B, T, plus 1 to 1/300 set by moving
  knurled ring on shutter.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: L533.00014

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lager, James L. --Leica: An Illustrated History - Volume I - Cameras.-- Closter, NJ: Lager Limited Editions, 1993. p 34.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. p 281.//