Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:21 AM 12/28/97 -0500, Harry Bass wrote: >Back in the 1940s, Leitz Canada made a three screw lens turret adapter >for, I believe, an M2 or an M3 which attached to the camera via a bayonet mount >on the rear of each lens - or some such. Memory fails. > >Is this a desireable collectible, and is there a source for info on it. Yes, it is very desireable and exceedingly rare. The codeword was OROLF and the later catalogue number was 14082. About 250 were made. I don't believe these were ELC products -- I recall them as being Wetzlar items, though Haber & Fink in New York made an aftermarket version also marketed by Leitz. The OROLF was an interesting rig: it too thread-mount lenses and fitted them to an M camera. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!