Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unfortunately the inscripts "brief" and "time" are as reliable as source as the distance symbols of an "Agfa Optima". Recent research revealed, that B stands for "ball". The German word is "Ball" (same meaning), which might explain B and Z (Zeit = time) more reasonable as abriviation than "brief" and "Zeit" (although I have a sourve for "beliebig" = "any time" also). Alf - --------- At 12:27 01.12.1997 GMT, Phil Payne wrote: > >B = Brief >T = Time > >Check the shutter of any late 1800s camera. I have a Kodak 127 'vest >pocket' camera made in 1913 that actually has the words engraved on it, >not just the letters. Tiny camera, BTW - smaller than any Leica. > >It also states '1/4 sec if gray, 1/2 sec if dull, 1 sec if v. dull' >and controls focus via the iris diaphragm with settings for things like >'Marine', 'Clouds' and 'Portrait'.