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Hello I am new to this site but I have a very old camera and the understanding that I have from my family is that it is one of 4 that were brought into the US from Germany. I will give as many details as I can. According to the direction book from the camera it is a Leitz Leica Camera Model G for single (still) pictures on standard cinematograph film strips. On the back of the book it has a date of May 1937.

It has a U. Mugen Dragon Ball Z Characters. S. Customs Entry NO. 823991 and Leica Camera No. 319181 and an Import Certificate number of 2186. The lense that is on it now the No.

I am assuming that these are serial numbers, but not sure. This camera also has red, yellow and green filters, looks like an old type of zoom lense I believe. It has another lense that can be put onto the camera that is smaller than the one on the camera (Numbers are Leitz Elmar f=3,5cm 1:3,5). Another lense with the no. 455773 this is a much bigger lense (Elmar f=9cm 1:4).

Another piece which I am not sure of what it is but it would slide onto the top of the camera and when you look into the one side it looks like it would magnify. A Leitz Rahmensucher whatever that is and a Fedco Tone control filter. I don't believe that this next piece is connected to the camera or it's maker but it is called a Expophot and has what looks like two dials. All of the accessories and the camera are in the original containers and are very old. This camera was given to my husband and we are interested in the value of it and if in fact it is one of 4 cameras that came into the US.

Any help would be appreciated. That's the most clear and intelligent description of a camera and lenses I've seen on this forum. Their value depends a great deal on their condition. Joint Operations Typhoon Rising Free Download on this page. In good working shape the camera body might be $300 but double that for near mint condition. Lenses, each in the $200 range if the glass is in very good condition. Resist any temptation the clean the glass; you could easily make a lens more or less valueless. Adobe Media Encoder Formats Missing.

Take a look at the well known internet auction site. But prices are often inflated, and cheap fakes are numerous. So look at well photographed cameras, especially where there are several close up pictures. If you could manage a picture of the equipment to show here, it would help a lot. Patrica these cameras were being imported in to the US from many years before.

So I would put that the US customs only allowed your family to bring 4 cameras at a time into the country so as to not be considered importers and subject to some tax. Since the body clearly goes to 1/1000th it falls into the IIIB camp from 1939. The lens is clearly a 5cm f2.0 Summitar and would from the serial number date as the guy shave said to 1939. The IIIb (G) was the last prewar body and the first that had numbers allocated to the German military.