c1956 Lordomat camera (screen shot from show and tell)
Toronto. We held our monthly meeting for December on Wednesday the 17th. I managed to hang in for about an hour before my eye issue intervened. I saw/heard the AGM speech by our president and the first of the series of show and tell episodes. First up was Lilianne with her c1956 Lordomat.
The Lordomat was designed and manufactured by Leidolf, a precision engineering firm, in Wetzlar where Leicas were first made. Oddly enough, Leidolf was bought by Wild-Heerbrugg in Switzerland. who later merged with Leitz to become Wild-Leitz (their Canadian branch in Toronto repaired my Leica shutter mechanism). Both Lordomat and Leica are from Wetzlar – small world!
Lilianne showed her Lordomat and a short video on the well engineered and manufactured little camera. The screen shot shown here doesn’t do justice to the camera – bad timing on my part caused the poor image.
You may spot a Lordomat at one of our events. The PHSC 2026 Events will be posted initially in the right sidebar and as the date of each event looms closer, as a post on this site.
