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Category Archives: 1930s photography
Miniature Masterpiece – Leica FIKUS Variable Lens Hood
A series of posts celebrating the early Leica camera accessory, ingenious and often beautiful small masterpieces of functional design. Ernst Leitz produced the first ‘system’ camera in 1930 (the Leica 1 Model C), and by 1933 the accessory catalogue ran to over 100 pages. These … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s photography, Cameras
Tagged Leica Fikus, Leica lens hood, lens hoods
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