Please help to identify Leitz gear

[FJM]

Firstly thanks for accepting me for the RFF.

I recently acquired a nice Leica IIIc set, comprising besides the body a wartime Sonnar 5cm 1.5, a Rodenstock Heligon 35/2.8. Furthermore there is some awkward Leitz gear I cannot place nor identify. I'd be very happy if you could help me (see photo)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SMWdMkJBTaaAKuwE7P-hAWzxyTRGevbr

Many thanks
FJM

 

[rfaspen]

Focoslide. I only saw one image and it is of a Focoslide. There are several variants of this accessory. Its for copy work or close up when used with further accessories.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Focoslide. Mount body on one side; optical system (lens, with or without extension tubes, microscope, etc.) on the other. Focus on ground glass; slide body across and the film will be in the same plane.

Cheers,

R.

 

[FJM]

Wow. Thanks a lot to both of you for your quick and knowledgeable response.

Best
FJM

 

[charjohncarter]

I used something like this made by Leitz in the late 60s, it may have been a Focoslide. It was attached to a microscope so we could make transparencies of microscopic tissue slides. But you could copy anything with it. I used my IIIf with slide film to copy (besides tissue slides) magazine articles and photos.