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Not my camera, but I wonder why this hole was made in the bottomplate of this early Leica I.

Does anybody know?

Erik.

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I suspect it was for removed flash sync port, are there any marks inside the camera? If not I suspect baseplate might come from a different camera
 
Thank you MrRzepa! I think this is the answer. I only saw the camera online, so I could not take a look inside.

Flash with an early Leica I. Crazy idea. But people are crazy, I know.

Erik.
 
A IIId is a wartime IIIc with self release. To see if the self release is original you have to count the "circles" in the tip of the self release lever. I don't know ho much circles are needed for a genuine IIId. Quite a lot I guess.

Erik.
 
Many years ago a got a prewar Cooke and Perkins shade for the Elmar 50mm f/3.5 that offers control of the f/stop of the lens.

This week I've found the lens cap that belongs to it! This cap slips into this shade, right from the front. Exact fit.

When I look at the lens cap very closely, I see traces of wear on the outside, not on the inside. That gives me the certainty that the lens cap belongs to the Cooke and Perkins lens hood. Unbelievable. The Cooke and Perkins lens hood is in itself quite rare.

Finally back together again! After so many years.

Erik.

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Erik, A good theory but why would Leitz make a cap to fit a competitor's product? I wonder if it isn't for binoculars or a focussing mount or something weird and technical.

My C&P hood is black (or mostly black!). One of their most desirable products is the 50mm focussing mount for Contax Sonnars on Leica, had one years ago but passed it to a friend.
 
The cap is not made by Leitz, but by C&P themselves. Maybe during the war. No copyright problems in those years. Did you ever see a rubber lens cap by Leitz? Or a 40mm cap? I should have know it after 40 years of Leicaïsm. And I found the cap on eBay in England.

Leitz never wrote "Leica" on lens caps that were not for a Leica, such as caps for lenses for projectors, enlargers or binoculars, always only "Leitz".

Erik.
 
So far I haven’t found the aperture control on my Elmar to be nearly as troublesome as some people make it out to be.. maybe my shooting style doesn’t necessitate quick and constant aperture change so I haven’t noticed. Either way I bet that hood would still be a joy in use.
 
Erik van Straten said:
Many years ago a got a prewar Cooke and Perkins shade for the Elmar 50mm f/3.5 that offers control of the f/stop of the lens.

This week I've found the lens cap that belongs to it! This cap slips into this shade, right from the front. Exact fit.

When I look at the lens cap very closely, I see traces of wear on the outside, not on the inside. That gives me the certainty that the lens cap belongs to the Cooke and Perkins lens hood. Unbelievable. The Cooke and Perkins lens hood is in itself quite rare.

Finally back together again! After so many years.

Erik.
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Hello Erik,
There are 2 versions of this hood by C&P.
One version is for the older aperture scale of 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.5, 18.
the other is for the current 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22. aperture scale.
 
David Hughes said:
There's more bafflement with the FHKOO;
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You mean FOOKH I guess. The older FOOKH (FLQOO is then their name) are long, the later ones short

Personally I prefer a FLQOO to a C&P. There is also the VALAU, a kind of C&P by Leitz themselves, but shorter. Quite nice in use. C&P is just a little too big.

Michael: FCKOO is a single frame film holder.

Erik.
 
JB-Dancer said:
There are 2 versions of this hood by C&P.
One version is for the older aperture scale of 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.5, 18. The other is for the current 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22. aperture scale.
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Thank you, JB-Dancer!

I have the older version, but in shiny gray finish, polished metal in fact, not black. Looks nice on my grey wartime IIIc.

Erik.
 
Erik van Straten said:
You mean FOOKH I guess. The older FOOKH (FLQOO is then their name) are long, the later ones short

Michael: FCKOO is a single frame film holder.

Erik.
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Erik, I know, I thought David was employing some Monty Pythonese cynicsm/humour!

I think FHKOO is the single frame holder for the earlier cameras and FCKOO is the one for the later ltms.

Back to hoods, all said and done little can improve on FISON!
 
O yes, I love the FISON, above all the black ones. Beside the ones with a clamp screw I like the ones that one simply has to click on the lens.

I certainly do not like the ones with a rectangular front opening. I got tired from replacing them all the time after refocusing.

Erik.
 
...and I do not like the heavy ones with aperture rings (can't remember codes) which I always understood to be designed for use in the darkroom, in the days when your taking lens became you enlarging lens.

Then there is that ring you put inside a hood or filter (again can't remember code) that connects with the aperture tab, seems almost as much effort as setting it normally.

What's the matter with me? I was on a roll with code names this morning but this afternoon they won't come to mind. looking in a book is cheating!
 
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