FOKOS: Difference between revisions

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Production era - 1933-1966
Type - Horizontal mount short rangefinder to fit Standard Leica (model E) - The short mount swivels to allow access of the shutter speed knob.
Variants - Black & nickel, black & chrome or all chrome with 7.5 cm base; after 1949 - chrome only version with 6.2 cm base for vertical mount on the Leica Ic, Leica If and Leica Ig; black or chrome eye-piece surround.
HFOOK - Horizontal mount with fixing clip and shoe for Leica I (model A), Compur Leica (model B) and Leica I (model C), close-focus version to 38 cm with second scale inscribed around pivot screw with 5.5 view attachment
Reference - Page 8 of Dennis Laney's Leica 1984 Accessory Guide courtesy of Mike Butkus
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