Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc- Doggone! Another illusion shattered! I thought the "K" meant that it was worth more because it was made in Kanada! :o^ Dan (T.G.I.F.)Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: [Leica] IIIc K Cameras > At 07:43 PM 11/8/01 -0800, Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: > >Didn't Leica make special "Kalt" versions of LTM cameras (IIIc?) for use > >on the > >Eastern Front during the war? I thought the changes to the ball bearings > >were > >carried over in to the regular production models, like the IIIf. I'm > >guessing > >you would still have to change the luricants though. > > The modifications to the IIIc were mandated NOT by the conditions on the > Eastern Front but from the conditions in northern Norway but the results > were the same, the addition of ball-bearing races to the shutter curtain > rollers in place of the earlier pin-bearings. These cameras were called > "K" cameras -- for 'kugellager', or ball-bearings -- and most are so marked > behind the serial number. > > Zeiss Ikon also cold-proofed Contax cameras but did so by removing > lubricants and loosening tolerances. Many cameras so treated were marked > internally with a painted "k" but, in this case, it stood for "kaltfest", > or 'cold-proofed'. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html