LOT: 611
Compur Summicron 2/5cm with IIIf
ESTIMATE：HK$ 80,000 - 150,000
Serial no.1152101,1954,Condition A-
Leitz designer Erwin Neurath combined a between-the-lens central shutter with the fitting of a Summicron 5cm lens to enable a higher electronic flash sync speed of at 1/100 and 1/200 sec. A special release arm mounted to the camera first closed the central shutter, then opened the focal plane shutter of the Leica IIIf (set to "B") and then released the exposure with the central shutter. Only 150 lenses with such assembly were produced between 1954 to 1955.
It comes with IIIf body (#762275), release arm and front lens cap.
