Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello all LUG'ers! Recently I found a Leitz rangefinder for a rather small amount of money. But I am curious of which model it is, and when it is made. There are a lot of pictures of rangefinders in the Leica Collectors guide (Laney), but not of mine. It looks like the picture of the FOKOS with the pillar for horizontal stand on the accessory shoe, just that mine doesn't have this pillar. So I can only put it on the camera in vertical position. The scale is in meter, and the range from 0,75m to infinity. The logo E.Leitz Wetzlar is written vertically, in contrary to the pictures in the book with the logo written horizontally. The base is about 5,5 cm long, and that confuses me. Dennis Laney talks about short rangefinders made until 1966 with a base 6,2 cm, but he doesn't mention any rangefinders with a base 5,5 cm. My rangefinder (chrome finish) is in really good shape and doesn't look very old. Anyone that can shed light on which type it is and when it is made? Thanks in advance, /Stefan