
Image
Leica
18x24
Year
1950-1970
Low serial no.
257 161
High serial no.
357 605
Total
53
Variants
2
Leica
18x24
Year
1950-1970
Low serial no.
257 161
High serial no.
357 605
Total
53
Variants
2
Model Description
The 18 × 24 Leica cameras used approximately half the negative area of the normal 24 × 36mm Leica frame. Two exposures could therefore occupy the film length normally required for one standard Leica photograph. The best-known production form was the Leica 72, named for the approximately 72 photographs obtainable from a normal 36-exposure roll. Earlier experimental 18 × 24 cameras and later specialist versions account for the widely separated dates in the records and should not be read as continuous manufacture. Only 53 cameras are represented across the two recorded variants.
Descriptions currently under review
Production Quantity by Year
Variants & Production Records
Year
Start No.
End No.
Total
1950
357 151
357 151
1
1952
357 152
357 152
1
1952
357 153
357 156
4
1953
357 159
357 159
1
1954
357 174
357 174
1
1957
257 161
257 162
2
1957
357 157
357 158
2
1957
357 176
357 176
1
1958
257 163
257 166
4
1959
257 167
257 167
1
1959
257 170
257 170
1
1959
357 177
357 177
1
1959
357 183
357 183
1
1959
357 184
357 186
3
1961
357 175
357 175
1
1961
357 180
357 180
1
1962
257 171
257 171
1
1962
357 166
357 166
1
1962
357 170
357 170
1
1962

357 173
357 173
1
1963
357 207
357 207
1
1963
357 210
357 210
1
1963
357 222
357 222
1
1963
357 224
357 224
1
1965
357 208
357 208
1
1965
357 220
357 220
1
1970

357 182
357 182
1
Year
Start No.
End No.
Total
1950
357 151
357 151
1
1952
357 152
357 152
1
1952
357 153
357 156
4
1953
357 159
357 159
1
1954
357 174
357 174
1
1957
257 161
257 162
2
1957
357 157
357 158
2
1957
357 176
357 176
1
1958
257 163
257 166
4
1959
257 167
257 167
1
1959
257 170
257 170
1
1959
357 177
357 177
1
1959
357 183
357 183
1
1959
357 184
357 186
3
1961
357 175
357 175
1
1961
357 180
357 180
1
1962
257 171
257 171
1
1962
357 166
357 166
1
1962
357 170
357 170
1
1962

357 173
357 173
1
1963
357 207
357 207
1
1963
357 210
357 210
1
1963
357 222
357 222
1
1963
357 224
357 224
1
1965
357 208
357 208
1
1965
357 220
357 220
1
1970

357 182
357 182
1
Year
Start No.
End No.
Total
1950
357 151
357 151
1
1952
357 152
357 152
1
1952
357 153
357 156
4
1953
357 159
357 159
1
1954
357 174
357 174
1
1957
257 161
257 162
2
1957
357 157
357 158
2
1957
357 176
357 176
1
1958
257 163
257 166
4
1959
257 167
257 167
1
1959
257 170
257 170
1
1959
357 177
357 177
1
1959
357 183
357 183
1
1959
357 184
357 186
3
1961
357 175
357 175
1
1961
357 180
357 180
1
1962
257 171
257 171
1
1962
357 166
357 166
1
1962
357 170
357 170
1
1962

357 173
357 173
1
1963
357 207
357 207
1
1963
357 210
357 210
1
1963
357 222
357 222
1
1963
357 224
357 224
1
1965
357 208
357 208
1
1965
357 220
357 220
1
1970

357 182
357 182
1
Year
Start No.
End No.
Total
1954

357 441
357 441
1
1954

357 605
357 605
1
1963
357 301
357 301
1
1963
357 303
357 303
1
1963
357 312
357 312
1
1963

357 316
357 316
1
1963
357 326
357 326
1
1963
357 327
357 327
1
1963
357 329
357 329
1
1963
357 364
357 364
1
1963
357 396
357 396
1
1963
357 402
357 402
1
1963
357 408
357 408
1
1963
357 414
357 414
1
1963
357 428
357 428
1
1963
357 446
357 446
1
Year
Start No.
End No.
Total
1954

357 441
357 441
1
1954

357 605
357 605
1
1963
357 301
357 301
1
1963
357 303
357 303
1
1963
357 312
357 312
1
1963

357 316
357 316
1
1963
357 326
357 326
1
1963
357 327
357 327
1
1963
357 329
357 329
1
1963
357 364
357 364
1
1963
357 396
357 396
1
1963
357 402
357 402
1
1963
357 408
357 408
1
1963
357 414
357 414
1
1963
357 428
357 428
1
1963
357 446
357 446
1
Year
Start No.
End No.
Total
1954

357 441
357 441
1
1954

357 605
357 605
1
1963
357 301
357 301
1
1963
357 303
357 303
1
1963
357 312
357 312
1
1963

357 316
357 316
1
1963
357 326
357 326
1
1963
357 327
357 327
1
1963
357 329
357 329
1
1963
357 364
357 364
1
1963
357 396
357 396
1
1963
357 402
357 402
1
1963
357 408
357 408
1
1963
357 414
357 414
1
1963
357 428
357 428
1
1963
357 446
357 446
1
End

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