Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, what you have is a special baseplate on the IIIc to which you attach a special flash gun. The flash gun has a unique dove-tailed grove on the battery case that slides into the groove on the baseplate. All this is explained in the 12th Edition [1951] of Morgan & Lester's "New Leica Manual,' pages 98 and 99. It notes, for example, that "the rules engraved on the side of the special baseplate correspond to the various shutter speeds of the camera.'' I had one of these special flash units many years ago but traded it for a 15 in. tape recorder and then -- after many years -- tried to buy it back but it was long gone. You can, of course, change the special baseplate to a normal one -- and thus have a normal IIIc -- or try to find the missing flash gun, although the gun takes flash bulbs, so there you are. Regards, bob cole