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The Leica II of 1932 was the first Leica with a coupled rangefinder built into the body, focused through its own eyepiece beside the finder, with a 1/20 to 1/500 s shutter and an extendable rewind knob. Black lacquer over brass fittings is the original finish and accounts for 36,936 cameras against 15,573 in chrome. The nickel Hektor 5cm f/2.5, six elements in three groups and 10,600 made from 1930 to 1936, is the correct fast lens of the moment; Leitz catalogued that outfit as LYHEK.