Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vick Ko asked: > 1. did the gray IIc come without the triangular enlargement indicator, > that > was mounted to the rear left side of the triangular arms? > I am told that this came only with the color version of the grey IIc, and > had the filter drawer. > The "transillumated enlargement scale" was available separately, or you could buy a "Focomat IIc colour" with the enlargement scale and the filter drawer. I have a 1963 Leica UK price list which lists the Focomat IIc at 351 pounds 11 shillings and 6 pence, the enlargement scale at 11 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence, and the filter drawer at 5 pounds and 16 shillings. The colour IIc is not listed. The IIc was expensive: an M3 body was 121 pounds 19 shillings and 6 pence and an M2 body was 103 pounds 13 shillings and 2 pence. The enlargement scale is described in the 1957 brochure for the IIc, so it predates the grey IIc by 20 years or more. I have a grey IIc without the enlargement scale. > 2. on the IIc negative carrier, I have one with an aluminum non-glass > base. > Is the top of this carrier supposed to be anti-Newton ring glass? > The standard negative carrier for 120 film has anti-newton glass on top and plain glass on the bottom. There is also a 24 x 36 mm negative carrier with anti-newton glass on top and an aluminium plate with a 24 x 36 aperture on the bottom. The aluminium plate has two pins at the back to locate the film edge, and the anti-newton glass has holes to clear the pins. Replacement anti-newton glass is very hard to find. It comes up on ebay even less often than complete negative carriers. Glenn Evans, who offers Focomat bits for staggering prices at http://www.glennview.com/leitz.htm, says > Multicoated, colorless glass for Leitz Focomat IIc negative carriers, > upper and lower set of 2 glasses, NEW, $300. Ron wisner wrote in a > darkroom techniques magazine that multicoated glass worked well as > anti-Newtonring glass. I am all sold out of original Leitz replacement > glass for Focomat IIc 6X9cm negative carriers and I am unlikely to be > able to get any more. This is your best option. With a little patience you can probably pick up a complete IIc for $300, so I would not agree with the final sentence! Tim Rylance, Bath UK