Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small writes: > At 11:42 AM 11/6/1999 -0800, George Hartzell wrote: > >[...] > > - No 788208, screw mount body, with a 5cm f2 collapsible Summitar, > > otoscope like viewfinder on the flash shoe. > >[...] > > [...] I haven't a clue as to what an "otoscope" is, so I can't help you > there. An otoscope is the device that a doctor uses to look into your ear, and particular shape that I was trying to describe is the conical part that actually slips into your ear. It seems to be an adjustable view finder, w/ markings 3.5, 5, 8.5, 9, 13.5 (presumably centimeters, for various lenses), and an adjustment on the foot (that goes into the flash shoe) with markings of infinity (sideways 8), 4, 2, 1.5, 1 (presumably for paralax correction). It's serial number 64928. > And there isn't a blessed thing "funny" about the reflex housing: > it should be a fairly late Visoflex I, Code-Word OZUPO, catalogue number > 16484. The vertical 5X magnifer would be LVFOO/16486, while the 4X > 45-degree magnifier is a PEGOO/16487. I've always wondered about the leica naming scheme (I can't be the first). I think that OZUPO, LVFOO, and PEGOO are *all* funny, but that probably makes me a heretic. > I would strongly suspect both of your Summitars are coated. The Summitars are 786656 (on the IIIc) 797724 (on the IIf) I can tell that they're coated w/ glop, but not much beyond that. What should I check for? *Thanks* for the info! g.