Re: What Have I Got? (leica carrying case)

[hartmann@interaccess.com (Nicholas Hartmann)]

>i have a leather hard case: 7.75" x 9.25" (top cover) x 2.75" h
>the top has the usual leather hinge and a carrying strap is attached
>to the top near the hinge and goes through small ports attached to the
>box to give a stable carrying position.
>
>on the cover there is an imprint, possibly earlier gold filled, which
>says 'Leitz' above 'Leica. in the script style with the underline
>flourish. on the bottom there is an imprint: germany.
>
>when i open it, i see what looks like two positions for lenses, with
>leather straps to fix the lens in position, probably a 135mm and
>a 90mm. in the remaining space there are what are clearly slots which
>carry filters, ten of them, a built up section which seems likely to
>have carried three rolls of film, and next to it another one which has
>a single larger excavated cylinder, and  two built up sections which
>are scooped out to accept the rounded lower half of cylindric unknown
>objects, possibly sunshades. lastly, there are two small metal spring
>metal shapes which would accept a small rod and keep it from moving
>(it would snap in).
>
>there is no way that a leica body would fit anywhere in theis case.
>
>so, what is it?

Leitz/Leica also made/makes binoculars and spotting scopes; consider
whether your "sunshades" might not be the objective lenses of a pair of
binoculars, and whether the "small rod" might not be the center post which
hinges the two halves of the binoculars together.

- -- Nick


NICHOLAS HARTMANN                               hartmann@interaccess.com
Oak Park, IL  USA                               73057.724@compuserve.com

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