Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica "Type FP" filter?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 18:49:15 -0500

At 10:13 PM 3/24/98 -0800, John Wong wrote:
>I recently bought a chrome 39mm Leitz "FP" filter. It was listed as "Type
>FP - Photofloods", but the blue tint looks too light to be much good
>correcting daylight film for use with photofloods.  Can anyone tell me the
>application for this filter?

From Leica Product Directory Number 1397 (October, 1954):

PHOTOFLOOD:  This filter lets you use Kodachrome daylight film to take
pictures with photofloods.

The Leica code word was FIFLOMI and the catalogue number was 13141.

Marc


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