OORES: Difference between revisions

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Production era - 1934
Type - Focusing stage for use with screwmount, later M-mount, cameras and accessories. "For the universal reproduction apparatus GROOW . . . but used separately for other applications."
Development - "Original model had only one lens mount but by 1937 two different focal length lenses could be mounted together. Lenses could be focused to any distance including infinity when in appropriate mounts [KGOON, ZWTOO, LOOCG and LWHOO]. Supplied complete with focusing screen but without magnifier. Screen with graduated clear centre strip or clear centre spot."
Accessories - COOED
- JCB's OORES with TOOUG, KGOON, ZWTOO, LOOCG and LWHOO
Reference - Pages 54, 58, 68 & 74 of Dennis Laney's Leica 1984 Accessory Guide courtesy of Mike Butkus.

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-*'''Type''' - Focusing stage for use with screwmount cameras and accessories
+*'''Production era''' - 1934
+*'''Type''' - Focusing stage for use with screwmount, later M-mount, cameras and accessories. "For the universal reproduction apparatus [[GROOW]] . . . but used separately for other applications."
+*'''Development''' - "Original model had only one lens mount but by 1937 two different focal length lenses could be mounted together. Lenses could be focused to any distance including infinity when in appropriate mounts [KGOON, [[ZWTOO]], LOOCG and LWHOO]. Supplied complete with focusing screen but without magnifier. Screen with graduated clear centre strip or clear centre spot."
 *'''Accessories''' - [[COOED]]
 **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/80126-little-17-a.html JCB's OORES] with [[TOOUG]], KGOON, [[ZWTOO]], LOOCG and LWHOO
+*'''Reference''' - Pages 54, 58, 68 & 74 of Dennis Laney's [http://www.cameramanuals.org/leica_pdf/leica_accessory_guide.pdf Leica 1984 Accessory Guide] courtesy of Mike Butkus.