Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:24 AM 4/8/98 +0000, Harrison McClary, thoughtful cuss, asked about the following: >1) A visoflex # 18412 made in germany, has the kind of viewfinder you >look down into. >2) Hektor 12.5cm Ernst Leitz Canada 1214317. This lens is screwed >onto the Viso an is a 2.5 aperture. >3) several extension tubes screw mount (at least this is what I think >they are) a 60mm a 30mm and a 15mm. There is also something labelled >Accura Japan (no it is not a car) turns like some kind of focusing >device and has what appears to be a distance scale of 160mm, 164, >169, 174 engraved on it. >4) 35 2.8 summaron with eyes. 2050496 >5) what I think is a swing out polarizer >6) Sola 9cm f4 lens #80555 Sun Opt. Company made in Japan >7) table top tripod. The Visoflex is a Viso I and would date from the early 1950's, most likely. The Viso I is OZUPO/16484 if in LTM, OZXOM/16482 if in M mount. The viewfinder is LVFOO/16486. A Viso I in E condition is worth between $50 and $75. The 2.5/125 Hektor 1214317, Leica HIKOO/11532 (meters) or 11032 (feet) dates from 1954. In E condition, this lens is worth perhaps $1250 with caps and perhaps $1,000 without caps. But be warned: this is a rare lens (only 3300 made) and McKeown's law definitely applies. The 2.8/35 Summaron RF 2050496 dates from 1963, Leica SIMOW/11106. Ten thousand were made, and its value is, accordingly, rather low, $350 or so in E condition though they sometimes bring a tad more. This is an extremely nice lens. The extension tubes (probably ELNY, 15mm: FUFIF, 30mm: FULFO, and 60mm: FULGX) and swing-out polarizer (there are many, many versions) are achronic: they were in production for quite a few years. The extension tubes are worth about $15 each and the polarizer, perhaps, $75 IF it is in useable condition. The table-top tripod is worth around $35 without a ball-head. Again, there are many varieties. The other gear I cannot speak to, save that I doubt if it has much value. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!