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Production era - 1933-1944
Type - Universal viewfinder for the focal lengths 3.5-13.5 cm with non-zoom, mirror-image with parallax adjusting lever.
Variants - Early models have a one piece conical nose; later version had a rounded collar between the nose cone and the body; Black and nickel, black and chrome or all chrome with long or short accessory clip and slight variations in overall length.
- TUVOO - Accessory (shown) to make frame lines for 2.8 cm lenses. Early VIDOMversion lacks the threaded nose required to attach TUVOO.
- HEER, gray paint, wartime version with masks locked at 13.5 cm without parallax adjustment. Stereo version also produced during the war.
- KINSU - Cine version for 1.5 to 15 cm lenses. The eyepiece has a large eye-cup.
- New York versions - see IMFIN and VIOAD
Reference - Page 11-12 of Dennis Laney's Leica 1984 Accessory Guide courtesy of Mike Butkus
Designer - Ernst Leitz II
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 *'''Type''' - Universal viewfinder for the focal lengths 3.5-13.5 cm with non-zoom, mirror-image with parallax adjusting lever.
 *'''Variants''' - Early models have a one piece conical nose; later version had a rounded collar between the nose cone and the body; Black and nickel, black and chrome or all chrome with long or short accessory clip and slight variations in overall length.
-**'''TUVOO''' - Accessory (shown) to make frame lines for 2.8 cm lenses.
+**'''TUVOO''' - Accessory (shown) to make frame lines for 2.8 cm lenses. Early '''VIDOM'''version lacks the threaded nose required to attach '''TUVOO'''.
 **'''HEER''', gray paint, wartime version with masks locked at 13.5 cm without parallax adjustment. '''Stereo version''' also produced during the war.
 **'''KINSU''' - Cine version for 1.5 to 15 cm lenses. The eyepiece has a large eye-cup.