250FF Historical 5/35-70mm no

5/35-70mm no

It is automatically coupled by focusing the lens

with a silver-coloured plating (usually very tarnished in examples seen now)

stamped on the hood 'HÜTTIG'S KÜNSTLERCAMERA'

4/5cm Objektiv mit Gegenlichtblende

250FF Historical 5/35-70mm noThe Leica 250 or Leica Reporter was designed to take special cassettes that held ten meters of 35mm film for 250 exposures. Two identical cassettes eliminated the need to rewind the long film. The rare camera (total production less than 1,000 cameras) was mainly used by photojournalists, institutes and for aerial photographs. Two models were produced, the earlier and rarer 250FF with a shutter speed to 1 500 sec was based on the Leica III, the later