Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/28

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Help identify found lens
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:22:41 -0500
Cc: grant.cummings@wcnet.org

There are two versions of this lens.

The first (Leica codeword TLCOO) was manufactured from 1936 to 1955 in
minute quantities:  only 679 were ever produced.  It has a 39mm Leica
thread-mount.  This lens has five elements in four groups and takes 85mm
filters.  

The second version (Leica codeword TLCOO, Leica catalogue number 11766) was
produced from 1955 to 1966;  3360 of these were manufactured.  It has four
elements in three groups and takes either 91mm or 85mm filters.  It also has
the 39mm Leica thread mount.

If the original poster will provide the serial number, I can probably be
more precise in my identification.

To my knowledge, a Leica thread-mount to Minolta BM has never been
manufactured, but someone more knowledgeable may speak to that!

Best,

Marc
msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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