Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] To the Leica specialists - a Leica 1a equipment question
From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 22:08:03 -0400
References: <3DBAE031.6070002@sympatico.ca> <3DBB4539.5040508@cox.net>

I was trying to authenticate a 1(a) that had a square shoe.  Thanks for 
looking.

Maybe Leitz had a variety of parts with a common drill pattern, and was 
just going through them.

Thanks
Vick

Mike Durling wrote:

> This is an interesting question.  I have a 1(a) from 1930 that has the 
> rectangular shoe.  A look at Rogliatti "Leica, the First Fifty Years" 
> shows a later 1(b) (compur shutter) with a rectanguar shoe along with 
> a 1(c) (interchangable lens) with a round shoe, and one with a 
> rectangular shoe.
>
> It looks like the change happened about 1939, but that doesn't explain 
> the C model with the round shoe.  Maybe it was a conversion.
>
> Mike D
>
>
> Vick Ko wrote:
>
>> Can you tell me if there was an overlap in production of the Leica 1a 
>> and the Leica standard?
>>
>> As I recall, the Leica 1a has a round-shaped accessory shoe, and the 
>> Leica Standard changed to a rectangle.
>>
>> Were there Leica 1a's made with the rectangular shoe?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Vick
>>
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In reply to: Message from Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> ([Leica] To the Leica specialists - a Leica 1a equipment question)
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