Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Specific question about Focomat iia and Focotar
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Tue Oct 2 08:33:46 2007

Well, a nice Focomat IIA dropped into my lap in original mid 1950's 
condition,  (if I never use it I will always enjoy looking at it.)  The 
Focomat has the original Elmar 5cm/3.5 Fooly.  Literature suggests that the 
turret will also accept the Focotar lens as well but this is not clear 
concerning the later versions, so my question is :

Will all the Focotar 50/4.5 versions fit into the slim lens turret of a IIA 
Focomat??

All empirical knowledge welcome regarding this important question.  I've 
combed the archives, all my books, the internet, etc., yet have not been 
able to answer this question.  There is another question which will solve 
this problem as well:

Are the lens turrets on a Focomat IIc the same as the IIa??  If they are 
then the answer to the previous question is yes.

Thanks,

Chris Saganich
http://www.imagebrooklyn.com





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