Leicina Special
Camera
Ernst Leitz GmbH
German, estab. 1849
Leicina Special
September 1973
Metal, glass and plastic
Overall (camera): 4 × 3 3/4 × 9 3/8 in., 2.7 lb. (10.2 × 9.5 × 23.8 cm, 1.2 kg)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2023.0071.0038
DescriptionSerial# 080522 Satin-black, vaulted, 8mm, battery-operated, motion picture camera with f/1.8 10mm zoom lens, three turret-style viewfinder, CdS lightmeter, fps dial, footage gauge, viewfinder black-out shutter, diopter correction in viewfinder, ASA dial, electronic-control unit port, ST-1 control unit for flash and timelapse photography, bayonet interchangeable lens mount, lock-run dial, cloth wrtist strap and fold-up handle.
Inscriptions Embossed in silver on product label on front of camera: Leitz WETZLAR / Engraved in white nd yellow on lens on front of camera: MACRO-CINEGON 1:1,8/10mm für LEITZ LEICINA 2525952, 22, 16, 11, 8, 5.6, 4, 2.8, 1.8, 0.12, 0.14, 0.16, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 1, INF, m, 5", 6", 8", 12", 20", 3, INF, ft, LENS MADE IN GERMANY / Printed in black and red on product label on left side of camera: LEICINA SPECIAL / Printed in red on fps dial on left side of camera: 9., 0, 18, 25 / Engraved in red and black on ASA dial on left side of camera: 16, 25, 40, ASA, 100, 200, 400, 650, 13, 15, 17, DIN, 21, 24, 27, 29 / Printed in black on ST-1 control unit on left side of camera: ·, 1, T / Printed in white on footage gauge on left side of camera: 0, m, 5, 10, 15, 0, ft, 17, 34, 50 / Printed in white on frame counter on left side of camera: 60, 40 / Engraved in red and black on back of camera: -, 0, + / Embossed in white on red label on top of camera: 24FPS 1/100, 18FPS 1/80 / Printed in silver on fps lock-run dial on top of camera: 54 / Printed in black on white label on bottom of camera: 301-GL3/4 rc.28JUL88 / Printed in white on bottom of camera: MADE IN GERMANY 080522
