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*'''Code number''' - 16495
*'''Code number''' - 16495
*'''Type''' - Short, chrome focusing mount for [[Hektor f= 13.5 cm 1:4.5]]  
*'''Type''' - Short, chrome focusing mount for [[Hektor f= 13.5 cm 1:4.5]]  
*'''Variants'''
**Black and nickel, no baffles
**Black and chrome, 3 baffles
**Chrome, 3 baffles
***"The black ones have brass focusing threads, which are very bright and polished. I can see why they added the baffles. The all chrome ones have light alloy focusing threads, which are dull in finish. So maybe at some point later in production, the chrome ZOOANs also were manufactured with only one baffle." - per forum discussion [3] below
*'''Source'''
*'''Source'''
**[http://www.cameramanuals.org/leica_pdf/leica_accessory_guide.pdf Dennis Laney's Leica Accessory Guide (1st edition) page 46] courtesy of Mike Butkus  
**[http://www.cameramanuals.org/leica_pdf/leica_accessory_guide.pdf Dennis Laney's Leica Accessory Guide (1st edition) page 46] courtesy of Mike Butkus  

Revision as of 01:31, 14 March 2011

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  • Production era - 1938-19??
  • Code number - 16495
  • Type - Short, chrome focusing mount for Hektor f= 13.5 cm 1:4.5
  • Variants
    • Black and nickel, no baffles
    • Black and chrome, 3 baffles
    • Chrome, 3 baffles
      • "The black ones have brass focusing threads, which are very bright and polished. I can see why they added the baffles. The all chrome ones have light alloy focusing threads, which are dull in finish. So maybe at some point later in production, the chrome ZOOANs also were manufactured with only one baffle." - per forum discussion [3] below
  • Source
  • Forum discussion