The Magazine Camera Ads

[p.giannakis]

 

[Freakscene]

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Great ad, shame about the R7.

 

[p.giannakis]

Great ad, shame about the R7.

Oh, I wouldn't mind an R7 at all. Or an RE.
Shame about my wallet though...

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[Freakscene]

Oh, I wouldn't mind an R7 at all. Or an RE.
Shame about my wallet though...

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You thought about a Leica, then this happened!!! Even thinking about a Leica can empty your wallet. 😂

 

[chuckroast]

These are great. I am tied up at the moment, but when I break free, I have some vintage Leica promotional literature I can scan ... or do you all only want magazine adverts?


(Also, curses upon the lot of you for making me have deep feels going down this memory lane 😉

 

[rfaspen]

I think I know where it's located, (bookshelf in the office)...I have some ads and literature from 1940s/50s Leica in China. Neat to see.
First I need to set up the new laptop.....

 

[p.giannakis]

These are great. I am tied up at the moment, but when I break free, I have some vintage Leica promotional literature I can scan ... or do you all only want magazine adverts?

I don't think people will mind. Personally I would find them interesting.

 

[JeffS7444]

I was able to score a copy of Shuichi Sakai's hefty archive of camera ads as they appeared in the pages of Asahi Camera. Not a lot of Latin text, but translator apps work quite nicely.

"History of Domestic Cameras in Advertisements, from Showa 10 - 40" (1935-1965)
Asahi Camera, Shuichi Sakai
ISBN4 02-330312-7

 

[JeffS7444]

I found this ad on the web, but I know someone who owns one, and it's unreal, because it's a 1950s camera, but brand-new.

 

[JeffS7444]

I don't have much context for this ad, save that it's from 1948 and appears to have been printed on pulpy paper.

 

[JeffS7444]