Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This baseplate was used on the MD and similar cameras to put a plastic strip into the film plane to record data on. I do not know the Leica article number. Bill Grimwood At 02:11 PM 5/14/99 -0000, you wrote: >>>> <excerpt>A few days ago I was in NYC and I saw an interesting Leica item that maybe someone can identify. It was a chrome M base-plate w/basket. On the outside there was the tripod bushing and the base-plate lock just like in an ordinary M base-plate -- BUT towards the middle of it there was a rectangle about 5H * 10W * 15L mm. In its center there was a small slot the size and shape of a small fingernail. What on earth is this thing for? Regards, Robert </excerpt><<<<<<<<