Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And the early black II's had a yellow filter built in to the rangefinder itself. Chris Williams New Orleans - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:38 PM Subject: [Leica] RF Filters At 08:49 AM 5/11/02 +0800, Karina Klaas wrote: >Yesterday the gentleman that sold me my Leica, suggested taping >(temporarily) a small piece of yellow gelatine film over the rangefinder >window. This apparently brightens the focus area and helps focussing in low >light conditions. > >Has anyone done this/can confirm it works? Sure, and yes it does. Leitz made orange clip-on windows for the LTM cameras as follows: ORAKO (also, 65,920/14057) black mount for Leica II, III, IIIa 1936 - 1962 ORAKO-CHROM (also, 65,922) as above, but in chrome mount 1936 - 1939 OKARO (also, 65,925/14058) chrome mount for IIIb, IIIc, IIIf, IIIg 1939 - 1962 The ORAKO cost $1.50 in 1939 and $2.70 in 1962; the OKARO cost $1.50 in 1939 and $3.00 in 1962. Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html