Leica LTM IXMOO and FILCAS for dummies

[Erik van Straten]

As for the tolerances, which were/are very high for German and British ammunition, arms and ammo from the Great War are very hi-tech by today's miserable standards. Perhaps the tooling was worn out?

Regards, David

I guess the tolerances for the Leica optics are much higher still.

Erik.

 

[David Hughes]

I guess the tolerances for the Leica optics are much higher still.

Erik.

You know, you could be right.

Regards, David

 

[Jerevan]

The german copies of the Fritz Vith book I have found around here are 20 euros for the german editiions, while the prices on Amazon and Abebooks seems to be considerably higher.

By the way, I have a Zeiss cassette (needed it for the Tenax II spool) and while nice, they aren't really up to the quality of the FILCA/IXMOO.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

I got a couple of Zeiss cassettes in a Contax II lot 2 years ago. Still loaded with film. No idea what's in it.

Heh, a roll of bulk film arrived (Fomapan 100), but the Watson 100 loader hasn't arrived yet. I hate the waiting game 😉

 

[mcfingon]

The curved line was to indicate at wich side the film schould be cut.

I have a model A cassette with neither the scratch nor the name. The spool inside is very simple, like on the pictures in the Vith book. This must be the earliest type.

They were almost certainly outsourced, maybe to a ammunition factory out of work after WW1 as no real precision was required.

Erik.

It certainly looks like an ammunition manufacturer from the bottom of this FILCA. It reminds me of a British .303 casing used in Australian service rifles for many years.

 

[Derek Leath]

I have one that is marked "Made in Switzerland". I also have several model A FILCA's, but these are unreliable (they were replaced by model B).

Many people do not know that Contax and Nikon had their own cassettes. I am not sure about Canon. The very early Nikon cassettes are fascinating because of their variations. They are not mentioned in the books by Rotoloni, maybe because they have been made by others.

You better do not take them with you when flying. It will be useless to try to explain security personnel what they are.

Erik.

I recently purchased a Swiss version sold to me as a IXMOO, but when I received it, it did not fit in my M cameras, only in the Barnack versions. IIIC and my IIIf's.
The bottom of the case has no writing on it, but the side does have a K I think, and says made in Switzerland.