Leica M4-2 Oskar Barnack commorative edition

Leica M4-2 Oskar Barnack commorative edition

Camera

Ernst Leitz GmbH

Maker
German, estab. 1849

Leica M4-2 Oskar Barnack commorative edition

1979
Gift of Gerald S. Lippes, 2008
2008.0429.0043
DescriptionSerial #1527217, 24K gold plated, with presentation box.
TextThe M4-2 was a designed less expensive version of the M4. This idea was championed by Walter Kluck, CEO of Leitz Canada, and was responsible for keeping the range finder in production. This gold-plated model commemorated the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Oskar Barnack, designer of the first Leica.

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