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LEICA COPIES

182 35 mm RF Camera € 500 186 Karl Foitzik Lübeck Unca € 3.000
no. 291466, c. 1940, condition B+ € 1.000 – 1.200 no. 595, 1949, condition B+ € 6.000 – 8.000
Custom made conversion of a Leica I Mod. A to a compact and The last and most rare of the three different Leica copies by Karl
elegant “Leica” with combined viewfinder / rangefinder (viewfinder Foitzik in Lübeck (Lübeck Leica) with coupled rangefinder, M37
0,5 ×, rangefinder base 38 mm). The new rangefinder housing was screw mount, chrome plated parts, inside stamped ‘13’, in excellent
milled from solid aluminium and is anodized in champagne colour, condition and working order, with Steinheil Cassar 2.8/5 cm
the original rewinding knob was exchanged by a slimmer, extendable no. 524714 — only about 30 cameras were finished from February
one, while most other parts were preserved, including the shutter to April 1949, with original leather case
mechanism and the base plate. The black enamel was removed and
exchanged for a matte chrome plating. The accessory shoe probably
comes from an early post-war Contax and was cut to size. It is hard to 187 Kardon Military € 800 *
suggest, who might have made this elegant conversion. While no. 348, 1950, condition B+ € 1.600 – 1.800
some details (4 screws hold the top, low winding knob, traces of
the original “hockey stick” on the Vulcanite of the camera front) Leica IIIb copy for US Army made by Premier Instrument Co., in
clearly indicate the provenance from a Leica body, the viewfinder / good condition and perfect technical order, Kodak Ektar 2/47 mm
rangefinder optics and the elegant rangefinder housing are unknown no. EO14009 (cap), on the rear of the body metal-plate engraved:
to us. The outstanding quality of the conversion reminds of Japanese SIGNAL CORPS U.S. ARMY CAMERA PH-629/UF SERIAL no. 6348
fine mechanics, but from the style of the s/n engraving we suspect CONTRACT no. AF 33(038)-6864 PREMIER INSTRUMENT CORP.
that it might be of British origin.
188 Neubert Neuca € 2.000
183 Fed Zorki 1948 € 500 Standard Prototype
no. 3130, 1948, condition B/A € 1.000 – 1.200 c. 1948, condition B/A € 4.000 – 5.000
Rare and early Russian Leica copy, the Fed-Zorki of 1948 was the first Prototype of the extremely rare early German post-war Leica copy
camera to bear the name ‘Zorki’ (The Sharp-sighted), it was produced Neuca. The camera has some details similar to the Neuca prototype
in Moscow by KMZ in 1948 and 1949, with Fed 3.5/50 mm no. 4846 illustrated in ‘LEICA COPIES’ by HPR, the top plate is not engraved,
(cap), Fed 2/50 mm no. 25160 (cap), everready case, in excellent ‘Standard’ version without rangefinder, shutter speeds: Z, 20, 30, 40,
condition 60, 100, 200, 500, unique shutter mechanism, vulcanite covering,
no removable back, in fully working condition — it comes with the
matching M39 RF coupled Carl Zeiss Jena collapsible Sonnar 2/5 cm
184 Fed TSVVS 1949 € 1.000 T no. 2686540
no. 92, 1949, condition B+ € 2.000 – 2.400
Rare Russian Leica copy with Contax bayonet, the camera bears no 189 Tanack Type IV-S € 300 *
maker’s symbols, the TSVVS means Topographic Service of the Army no. 76460, c. 1958, condition B+ € 600 – 700
Air Force, with matching Sonnar 2/5 cm T no. 3060559, in beautiful
original condition and perfect working order, with very rare original In fine condition with rare Fuji Photo Fujinon L 2.8/5 cm no. 551883,
lens cap ‘TSVVS’ clean lenses

185 Hensoldt Publica € 5.000 * 190 Reid II € 1.600
no. 135, c. 1947, condition B+ € 10.000 – 12.000 no. P2958, c. 1960, condition A/B € 3.000 – 3.500

Extremely rare 35 mm Leica II copy rangefinder camera by Hensoldt Extremely rare Reid II (similar to the much more common Reid III,
in Wetzlar with M39-mount, second version without screws holding but without slow speeds), in beautiful, almost mint condition, with
the top plate and overall better finish (the only other known example Taylor Hobson Anastigmat 2/2” no. 330460 (good optics with only
is number 143), focal-plane shutter without slow speeds, rangefinder few hairline marks on front element), original lens cap
combined to the viewfinder, with matching rangefinder-coupled
Xenar 3.5/5 cm no. 1791595, less than 100 of both versions were
made, only few survived, production was stopped after Leica made
patent claims, with special hood, lens cap, yellow filter and original
leather case

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