Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> -- >> 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html