Page 8

6LEITZ %u2014 LEICALeica Screw Mount Cameras1 Ernst Leitz, Berlin %u20ac2.000%u2018Reise%u2019 Camerano.15557, c.1907, condition B%u2013 %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000Very interesting wooden field camera for 13%u2009%u00d7%u200918%u2009cm with focusingback, in used condition, with plaque on the front part %u2018Ernst Leitz, Berlin%u2019. Ernst Leitz Berlin was the long-established Berlin branch and authorised sales organisation of Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar. By the early 20th century it was operated by Franz Bergmann and traded as %u2018Ernst Leitz, Zweiggesch%u00e4ft Berlin, Inhaber Franz Bergmann%u2019, from premises at Luisenstra%u00dfe 45. The business represented Leitzin Berlin for microscopy, laboratory equipment and later Leica photographic products.2 Leica I Mod. A Elmax %u20ac8.000*no.1098, 1926, condition B+ %u20ac 16.000 %u2013 18.000A rare Leica I Mod. A fitted with the early Elmax 3.5/50%u2009mm lens,delivered on March 15, 1926, to Magdeburg, Germany. The camera is preserved in original condition and is fully functional. It retains several desirable early features that were often replaced during later factory servicing or upgrades, like the early vulcanite patternand flat viewfinder eyepiece. Also noteworthy are the aluminiumcontrol knobs, a rare feature on later Leica I Mod. A cameras. The camera comes with an early FISON lens hood, lens cap, ETRIN leather case, FODIS rangefinder, and two film cassettes withoriginal container. A well-preserved and complete early Leicaoutfitwith several original period features and accessories.