Lens:

f3.5, 50 mm Elmar, iris diaphragm to f18. Screw mount. Serial no. 464191 (1938).

Shutter:

Focal-plane, speeds 1 - 1/1000, Z. Speeds are varied by delaying the second blind.

Construction:

Vulcanite covered metal body.

Format:

250, 24 x 36 mm exposures on 35 mm cine film held in special cassettes.

Focusing:

Helical, scale to 3.5 feet.

Attributes:

Coupled rangefinder, swing prism type, double image. Direct-vision (lens/lens) view-finder.
Auto-stop on film advance coupled to shutter. Film advance tensions shutter. Exposure counter.

Serial Number:

300016 (1938) .

With:

2 cassettes. Yellow filter 1, 19 mm screw fitting. "The 250-exposure Leica camera" - pamphlet d. Feb 1939.