View source for Visoflex III

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*'''Production era''' - 1961-1984 
*'''Code names'''
**'''16457''' - '''Viso III''' housing (for bayonet only)
**'''16498''' - '''Viso III''' with [[OTXBO]] (shown ghosted, camera & lens not shown)
*'''Type''' - Reflex housing, similar in appearance to [[Visoflex II]], but offering three possibilities of mirror operation set by three positions on the knob: yellow dot - fast mirror breakaway-and-return for rapid action; black dot - slow, gentle mirror rise and fall for long exposures; red dot - mirror lock-up out of light path for vibration-free close-ups and photomicrographs. . . A thumb-activated mounting lever enables the unit complete with [[OTXBO]] to be quickly mounted on Leica-M without having to remove the [[OTXBO]] first - Laney
*'''Optical depth''' - 40 mm 
*'''Weight''' - 0.48 kg /1.06 lb
*'''Variants'''
**'''Finish''' - Black crackle (standard) and gray hammertone (military) versions
**'''[[Motor-M]] Coupled Viso''' - Invented by Camcraft's Norman Goldberg (1931-2006), upward movement of the arm caused [[Motor-M]] to advance the film - NY item, mid 60s, never cataloged - Laney
**'''Pellicle Viso''' - Norman Goldberg's modified Visoflex II /III  (similar version by JPL, shown below from Westlicht 12 /292) with fixed half-silvered prism, eliminating mirror vibration and black-out - Laney
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*'''Included cable releases''' 
**OZTOM '''16491''' - Double cable release (see [[FINOT OPKOM OZWTO OZWTO-M GIIFT]])
*'''Available Viso III magnifiers'''
**[[OTXBO]] '''16499''' - 90 degree 4 x eyepiece
**[[OTVXO]] '''16461''' - Straight (chimney) 5 x eyepiece
*'''Rapid focusing accessories for Viso II /III'''
**'''[[14112 - 14113 - 14114, Focorapid]]'''  - introduced 1962 w/ 3 distance pre-selection 
**'''[[14116 - Filter turret]]''' - introduced 1963 (front & back shown above)
**'''[[14136, Televit]]''' - introduced 1966
*'''Other [[Visoflex Accessories]]'''
*'''Serial nos.''' - Viso II /III did not have serial numbers (surprise :-)
*'''Source'''
**[http://www.cameramanuals.org/leica_pdf/leica_accessory_guide.pdf Dennis Laney's Leica Accessory Guide (1st edition) page 51] courtesy of Mike Butkus
*'''Manuals & brochures'''
**[https://public.me.com/rwl46 Visoflex III Manual] courtesy of [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/members/wlaidlaw.html Wilson Laidlaw]
:Preseded by [[Visoflex II]]

== Comment ==

*'''Visoflex discussion'''
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/groups/visoflex.html Visoflex Forum]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/80207-little-18-a.html  JCB's a little...Universal Focusing Bellows]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/98793-little-32-a.html  JCB's a little...Visoflex III]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/18659-135-elmar-visoflex.html Visoflex I, II, III discussion]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/15668-collectors-visoflex-lenses.html Philippe's Visoflex III]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/119128-telyt-4-200-bellows-ii.html II & III Adaptor Rings]
*'''Forum discussion'''
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/641-m-lenses-r-camera.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/11145-visoflex-lenses-leica-r-cameras.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/97229-close-up-photography-m6.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/99841-visoflex-m9.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/129623-visoflex-iii-question.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/127546-micro-visoflex-iii-focusing-screen.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/139108-visoflex-non-leica-lenses.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/145949-working-bellows.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/188801-cleaning-visoflex-111-a.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/192268-novoflex-information.html Novoflex System] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/192268-novoflex-information-2.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/192268-novoflex-information-3.html]
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/260766-visoflex-please-advice.html] 
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