Leica III: a massive rare pre-war wooden dummy model of a Leica rangefinder camera, 1933, of gargantuan proportions, produced as a display piece to promote the release of the Leica III in 1933, the dummy, realistically modelled with an Elmar 50 mm, f/3.5 lens, accompanied by an actual Leica III black camera, serial number 125842 of the same era, with its Leica branded display 'hand' and publicity card for the company, entitled 'Ballerina', taken by photographer, Istvan Sved, camera 53cm, long It is not known who produced these large-scale dummies for Leica, although similar large-scale dummies of the Contax II and Rolleiflex can be found.
Leica III: a massive rare pre-war wooden dummy model of a Leica rangefinder camera, 1933, of gargantuan proportions, produced as a display piece to promote the release of the Leica III in 1933, the dummy, realistically modelled with an Elmar 50 mm, f/3.5 lens, accompanied by an actual Leica III black camera, serial number 125842 of the same era, with its Leica branded display 'hand' and publicity card for the company, entitled 'Ballerina', taken by photographer, Istvan Sved, camera 53cm, long It is not known who produced these large-scale dummies for Leica, although similar large-scale dummies of the Contax II and Rolleiflex can be found.
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