Barnack Style Archives - Camera Obscura Elburg

Yashica YE with Titanium shutter

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:40:44 +0000

The Yashica YE is a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Yashica in 1959 that allows M39/LTM lenses to be fitted.
It has a separate viewfinder and rangefinder window. It has two shutter dials, one for fast speeds on top of the camera by the accessory shoe, the other a slow shutter speed dial on the front.

This particular example is in a beautiful condition, was serviced, and fitted with titanium shutters from a Nikon camera! A very interesting collector piece that shoots great pictures with any Leica M39 (LTM) lens.

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Leica 1 (1929) Close Focus with Elmar 50/3.5

admin — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 15:45:55 +0000

Leica 1 Close Focus from 1929 in beautiful condition.

A completely original Leica 1 with Elmar 50/3.5 lens. Glass is in great condition, and the camera works perfect, a great shooter to experience how photographs were taken in the 20s/30s.

See pictures for condition. A great collector piece! More rare than the standard version which focusses only to 1 meter, this one focusses to 0.5meter.

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Leica 1 – Leitz Eigentum – 1931

admin — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:07:01 +0000

Leica 1 – Leitz Eigentum Engraving – 1931

A lovely used and brassed blackpaint Barnack camera.

This 94 year old Leica Barnack camera is in good working condition, we have film tested it, and it works correct.

This camera was delivered to Poland in 1931 according to the Leica records in Wetzlar. It has been engraved with “Leitz Eigentum” and “Leih Kamera”. It has also been modified to have strap lugs, and a flash sync connector.

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Leica iiiG with Elmar 50mm f3.5

admin — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:48:17 +0000

The Leica iiiG was the first Barnack style rangefinder with extra (90mm) framelines, and is quite a desired model. This beautiful condition Leica iiiG comes with it’s original 50/3.5 Elmar lens.

It is in good working condition. The viewfinder is perfectly clear and crisp. The Elmar lens is in great condition with no cleaning marks, haze or fungus.

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Leica Standard with N-L engraving and 35mm VF

admin — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 08:54:50 +0000

This 1939 Leica Standard is a very rare specimen. It comes with N-L top engraving, which means it was originally delivered via the Dutch importer ODIN, and on top of it, it is supplied with a viewfinder that has a 35mm field of view instead of the normal 50mm.

Normally these standard Leicas with 35mm viewfinder have the WEISU lookalike viewfinder on it, but this one has 35mm field of view in a normal viewfinder housing.

The camera has user marks, but is overal in very nice condition given it’s age. Curtains are in very good condition, and the viewfinder is very clear with no haze.

It was just serviced (CLA), and the shutter times are spot-on.

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Leica iiif

admin — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:38:58 +0000

The Leica iiif is one of the least expensive ways to get into the Leica system.
This camera was produced in 1950. The iiif comes in two variations, red & black dial. The earlier versions like this one being a black dial.

This particular example is in a lovely condition as can be seen from the pictures, and has been completely serviced, and is ready to shoot!

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Yasuhara T981 Rangefinder

admin — Mon, 15 May 2023 14:34:59 +0000

The Yasuhara T981 is a Leica-thread mount camera from Yasuhara Co. Ltd. About four thousand T981 were made. The T981 has a TTL light-meter with electronic readout and has a compact shape, with a hinged rear door for fast film loading, non removable take-up spool and a large viewfinder window that is easy for spectacle wearers to use. For the shutter mechanism, which is the heart of the camera, the established and reliable Copal vertical metal shutter is used, commonly fitted to SLR cameras.

The cameras began shipping in the Spring, of 1999. The name “Isshiki” was given to the camera, which in Japanese means “Complete” or “All you need” and is embossed into the top plate in Japanese Kanji characters. For some unknown reason, the camera is also named as “T-981”, which is a mystery that only it’s designer knows the answer to.

This particular example is in a beautiful condition. It has been film tested, the light meter works, the focus patch is clearly visible. Ready to shoot!

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Tower 45/46 Leica barnack style (Nicca 5L)

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:21:46 +0000

The legendary Nicca 5L rebranded/distributed for the USA market by Sears under the name Tower.

The camera offered here is in very nice condition without any weird user marks on it.

This camera came branded as Tower45 with a Nikkor 5cm/f2 , or Tower46 with a Nikkor 5cm/f1.4. Both of these lenses we have available as well, check our lenses category.

Shutterspeeds were adjusted & rangefinder was aligned. Ready to shoot!

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Tower 45/46 Leica copy (Nicca 5L)

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:37:13 +0000

The legendary Nicca 5L rebranded/distributed for the USA market by Sears under the name Tower. In nice condition without any weird user marks on it.
This one has been fully serviced and tested.

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Tower 45/46 Leica copy (Nicca 5L)

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:14:10 +0000

The legendary Nicca 5L rebranded/distributed for the USA market by Sears under the name Tower. In nice condition without any weird user marks on it.
This one has been fully serviced and tested.

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