nikonosguy
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I like my Visoflex setup with bellows and 135mm Hektor.
damn dude ---- serious gear
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damn dude ---- serious gear
cary
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Here's mine:
Erik van Straten
Veteran
A SCNOO is really useful.
Erik.
Erik.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
The WEISU and the FLQOO are great for the Elmar 35mm f/3.5.
Erik.
Erik.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
It was a bit fiddly to adjust for proper focus (so that when it's in focus in the viewfinder, it's actually in focus through the lens), but it actually worked quite well. It had a flip-up magnifier as well as a ground glass, and this particular model was for the Standard C (they did also make a version for the Leica II). I no longer have it, but if you can find one, they're fairly pricey.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
How about one of these? It's a VACU-? but I don't know the last letter of the code as they vary.
As you can see it hasn't got the shutter guard fitted but that's not a problem, just laziness on the part of the photographer.
Regards, David
How about one of these? It's a VACU-? but I don't know the last letter of the code as they vary.
As you can see it hasn't got the shutter guard fitted but that's not a problem, just laziness on the part of the photographer.
Regards, David
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Is it part of a flashgun assembly? The only name I can track down is VACUB.
Dralowid
Michael
For something of truly little use there is always ELIDA
Now, come on, be honest. Who amongst us hasn't been seduced by the finish and quality of an ELIDA but has absolutely no use for the damn thing!
Now, come on, be honest. Who amongst us hasn't been seduced by the finish and quality of an ELIDA but has absolutely no use for the damn thing!
Vince Lupo
Whatever
An ELIDA or an ELDIA? Are you talking about the contact printer?
Erik van Straten
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I once was offered an ELDIA for 10 euro's. I thought: when it is so cheap, it will be an useless thing. So I didn't buy it.
Erik.
HuubL
hunter-gatherer
I have an ELDIA. Absolutely useless appliance. Got it for free though and haven't thrown it away (yet).
Dralowid
Michael
Yes, sorry, I men ELDIA the contact printer. Mine was free too in a box of various bits. Can't even find a use for the knobs.
The elusive ELIDA is so rare I have never seen one for sale and it is not listed anywhere!?!
The elusive ELIDA is so rare I have never seen one for sale and it is not listed anywhere!?!
Dralowid
Michael
And another of questionable value is OSBLO. Mine came in the same box as ELDIA!
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
Thanks. I've only discovered that there seems to be a different letter for each version and body. So the end number could be anything. The shutter speed dial has to be changed for one with a cam to fire the flash. You can just see the micro switch in the photo.
I'm not bothered by flash but it came with a lot of other flash bits of the same vintage and so I put it on display and (usually) forget about it.
Regards, David
Vince Lupo
Whatever
A much cheaper versions of this kind of thing would be a De Mornay Budd Reflex Finder.
An example is pictured here: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1971159
They come up for sale on eBay from time to time -- I bought two a couple of years ago....think they were about $30 each.
Luddite Frank
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Yes, it is the sync mechanism that trips the flash-gun (blitzlicht).
There's another element: a replacement shutter-speeds dial with a little finger on the edge to trip the reed-switch in the VACU.
I think there were two basic versions, one for bulb sync, the other for strobe (electronic flash).
The little wave-symbol inside the oval indicates which version this is , but I don't remember which symbol is for which.
The earliest Leitz flash guns are the most elaborate and nifty, in my opinion: they consisted of a replacement baseplate with the flash contacts incorporated(SELSYS?), then a bracket the wrapped around the end of the camera, to which the battery tube clamped, then the dish-reflector sliped into a stirrup strap behind bulb socket (Edison screw-base, with an adapter stub to bayonet base which positioned the smaller bulb at the optical center of the reflector dish). I got one in a "goody box" of Leica sundries from KEH a long time ago. Mine seems to be from the 1930's the battery tube is black lacquer, and the bright bits are nickel.
I have actually used it. 😀
I would love to get the various VACU sync gizmos for my later LTMs.
I also have a GeissKontackt add-on flash sync.
Luddite Frank
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From the "not very useful" dept., how about a Bindomat ?
Or the widget for shooting a single frame / plate of 24 x 36 ?
Or the widget for shooting a single frame / plate of 24 x 36 ?
David Hughes
David Hughes
Back to the VACU-X
Back to the VACU-X
Hi,
I've the rest of the flash outfit that goes with the VACU- A to whatever. Plus a collection of enormous flash bulbs and so on. It includes a nice crackle finish mounting bracket and so on. I think the bracket is a later one as it's got shiny chrome.
Luckily, I dislike flash and seldom use it; well, flash bulbs were smelly and cost over 9d each out of my pocket money. Even when I got a primitive electronic flash in the late 50's I didn't use it much because of the 90v HT batteries' cost and the fiddling about putting the bulb in place. It was about five inches long from memory and stored in a metal tube filled with cotton wool.
Regards, David
Back to the VACU-X
Hi,
I've the rest of the flash outfit that goes with the VACU- A to whatever. Plus a collection of enormous flash bulbs and so on. It includes a nice crackle finish mounting bracket and so on. I think the bracket is a later one as it's got shiny chrome.
Luckily, I dislike flash and seldom use it; well, flash bulbs were smelly and cost over 9d each out of my pocket money. Even when I got a primitive electronic flash in the late 50's I didn't use it much because of the 90v HT batteries' cost and the fiddling about putting the bulb in place. It was about five inches long from memory and stored in a metal tube filled with cotton wool.
Regards, David
