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Antique Photography Price Guide and Glossary. &169; 2005

The Leica was the first miniature camera. It was a German innovation made to carry 35 millimeter film. with it photographers could make quality pictures which were candid, spontaneous and intimate. The Leica revolutionize photography and had an immediate impact especially on news and documentation photography. By 1930 it was pretty much the standard camera of the social photographer. Estimated basic value: $1500