Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:48 AM 4/23/2007, Henning Wulff wrote: >Leica made a swing out polarizer in the 50's and >60's in E39 and E43 sizes, both with integrated >hoods. They worked quite well. Ah! You should write Dr Laney, as he failed to note this. (But, then, his daughter and son-in-law cheated a bunch of us when they bankrupted Hove while claiming to hold onto the intellectual property rights in our books, so perhaps two wrongs can make a right! <he grins>) As Dr Laney has let me down, I clambered over my odd collection of slide projectors and camera bags to reach my assortment of old Leitz catalogs, and you are absolutely correct. These include: (codeword/catalogue number) size FILPO/13,390 A24 (earlier, FILPO was POOEL/13,350) FISUMI/13,396 A for E36.5 FISUM/13,395 A for E36.4 FINON/13,400/ Bayonet 40 (later changed to FINON/13,394) A43 to slip-over the B40 mount xxxxx/13,352 E39 xxxxx/13,351 E43 All but the E39 and E43 filters were gone from the catalogues by 1965. These two survived at least into the middle 1970's. I stand corrected. Still, the photographic press found these humorous as hell and they do not seem to have sold well, as ELNY seems to have often offered them at a discount. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!