Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:14 PM 4/10/2008, Luis Ripoll wrote: >I have recently purchased a Visoflex III and it comes with the Adapter >16464K. Some days later I've found a nice Elmar 3,5/65mm I've purchased too >and it comes with the adapter OUTFO. > >AFAIK both are exactly the same..... ?? > >To be sure can somebody confirm me this point? Luis I suspect that you have an OTZFO, not an OUTFO. The OTZFO is identical to the 16464. (The K is meaningless: all 16464 adapters are functionally identical.) Leitz used a code-word system for catalogue orders from before World War I until 1962 -- in fact, the very term "LEICA" was the code-word for the first camera they marketed. In 1936, they attempted to upgrade this to a numeric system but this died during World War II, though the 1938 Master Catalogue lists a table of code-word to catalogue numbers and I have a few Postwar boxes showing such numbers in the Prewar numeric system. They finally adopted a completely different numeric system aroun 1962, the one which remains in use today. Thus, a lot of items -- including cameras and lenses as well as accessorieis -- have both code-words and catalogue numbers, and some of the longer-lied items have not only a code-word but also two different catalogue numbers, one from the Prewar system and the other from the current system. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!