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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:57 pm    Post subject: VIOOH Reply with quote

VIOOH by LucisPictor, on Flickr


PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great photo!


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Whatcha need that for Carsten? Wink
Is this related to your thread about a hidden surprise ?
Are you moving to M9 ?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It fits perfectly to my Zorki-4 (with Jupiter-12 2.8/35, Jupiter-8, Jupiter-3, Leica Summitar 2/5cm and Leica Elmar 4/90).
And I can use it on some other cameras.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you sharpen your pencils with it too? Wink


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Weirdest name that I ever heard, but it looks very useful, especially for traveling!


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
peterqd wrote:
Can you sharpen your pencils with it too? Wink


Laughing Laughing Yeah, looks like it! Laughing


Orio wrote:
Weirdest name that I ever heard, but it looks very useful, especially for traveling!

Those "names" are the telegram-abbreviations of Leica.

Last edited by LucisPictor on Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:25 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:

Those "names" are the fax-abbreviations of Leica.


And it's short for... ?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:

Those "names" are the fax-abbreviations of Leica.


And it's short for... ?


Sometimes, or rather often, those names do not mean anything or are just codes.

AUFSU for example is short for "Aufsichtssucher" (some kind of waistlevelfinder) which makes sense.
SBLOO is a "Spiegelsucher" (=mirror viewfinder) which does not make a lot of sense.

The "V" in VIOOH perhaps means "viewfinder", because the code words of most of the viewfinder models start with a "V".
(VIDOM, VISET, VISAX...)

There more than 2000 of those code words which were invented to save letters in a telegram and to avoid wrong orders.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ok, thanks Very Happy


PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like part off an otoscope. Smile

Agree, nice product photo!


PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
From the engravings, I assume, that there was a Leica lens with 7,3 cm focal lenght. What was that?


PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gurdie wrote:
From the engravings, I assume, that there was a Leica lens with 7,3 cm focal lenght. What was that?


A "Hektor 1.9/73" as you can see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17916504@N06/4405444161/

More information here: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/RF-Nikkor/Leica_RF/LeicaLSM73cmf19.htm

And some shots with it:

http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00KfZX

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/4-3rds-cameras/6347-70-year-old-leitz-hektor-73mm-1-9-g1.html
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