Giorgio Moretti FAF Helios Prototyp / Giorgio Moretti FAF Helios Prototype

Italian Leica copy prototype based on the second version of the SONNE, but without rangefinder. Specially made for Giorgio Moretti, Venice. With prototype ADLER Anast. 5 cm f/3.5 No. 00002 (not ADLENAR!). The camera never went into serial production. Hans P. Rajner states that only 2-3 prototype cameras were made. Provenance: Hans P. Rajner Collection. Literatur: Hans P. Rajner "Leica Copies", p. 120 (shown there is a different FAF prototype with rangefinder coupling, serial number 00001 engraved on top plate, with a later serial production ADLENAR lens).