這顆博物館藏品,序號為288XXX,產於1936年,即該系列產品的首年。它採用了早期產品獨有的「雙頻段」滾花設計,線條流暢,造型純粹機械。與後來為了相容於不同濾波器而改進的三頻段或四頻段版本相比,「雙頻段」版本被收藏家們奉為Tronnier最初設計理念的最佳體現。
THIS MUSEUM SPECIMEN, BEARING SERIAL NUMBER 288XXX, HAILS FROM THE INAUGURAL YEAR OF PRODUCTION IN 1936. IT FEATURES THE DISTINCTIVE "TWO-BAND" KNURLING EXCLUSIVE TO THE EARLIEST UNITS, CHARACTERIZED BY SLEEK LINES AND A PURE MECHANICAL FORM. COMPARED TO THE SUBSEQUENT THREE- OR FOUR-BAND VARIATIONS MODIFIED FOR FILTER COMPATIBILITY, THE "TWO-BAND" VERSION IS HIGHLY REGARDED BY COLLECTORS AS THE PUREST EMBODIMENT OF TRONNIER’S ORIGINAL VISION.
這支樣片的核心價值在於位於 F/1.6 和 F/2.2 光圈刻度之間的兩個點狀標記 ●。這是徠卡工廠專門為 AGFACOLOR NEU(世界上第一款現代彩色反轉片)進行的特殊校準訂製。由於早期彩色乳劑具有獨特的光譜響應,這些點狀標記為專業攝影師提供了精確的補償參考。只有極少數早期供應給愛克發實驗室或頂級機構的設備才帶有這些標記,這使得它成為彩色攝影早期極為罕見的文物。
THE CORE VALUE OF THIS SPECIMEN LIES IN THE TWO DOT MARKINGS ● LOCATED BETWEEN THE F/1.6 AND F/2.2 APERTURE SCALES. THESE ARE SPECIAL CALIBRATIONS PERFORMED BY THE LEITZ FACTORY SPECIFICALLY FOR AGFACOLOR NEU—THE WORLD’S FIRST MODERN COLOR REVERSAL FILM. AS EARLY COLOR EMULSIONS HAD UNIQUE SPECTRAL RESPONSES, THESE DOTS PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH PRECISE COMPENSATION REFERENCES. ONLY A HANDFUL OF EARLY UNITS SUPPLIED TO AGFA LABORATORIES OR TOP-TIER INSTITUTIONS POSSESS THESE MARKINGS, MAKING THIS AN EXTREMELY RARE ARTIFACT FROM THE INFANCY OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
本產品為純正的歐洲規格,採用公制(MTR)調焦刻度及德國專利(DRP)銘文。它摒棄了美國出口型號上冗長的專利銘文,體現了1930年代德國光學工藝的精緻簡約之美。
THIS UNIT IS A PURE EUROPEAN SPECIFICATION, FEATURING A MTR (METRIC) FOCUSING SCALE AND THE DRP (DEUTSCHE REICHS PATENT) ENGRAVING. BY BYPASSING THE LENGTHY PATENT INSCRIPTIONS FOUND ON AMERICAN EXPORT MODELS, IT EXEMPLIFIES THE REFINED, MINIMALIST SOPHISTICATION OF 1930S GERMAN OPTICAL CRAFTSMANSHIP.