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*'''Code names''' - BEOON - 16511 | *'''Code names''' - BEOON - 16511 | ||
*'''Production era''' - 1959-1970 | *'''Production era''' - 1959-1970 (Laney says 1970 was its last catalog reference, but '''BEOON''' was still in production after 1970) | ||
*'''Type''' - | *'''Type''' - Small copying stand for scales of reproduction of 1 : 1 to 1 : 3. Designed for Leica [[M3]], it can be used with [[Visoflex]] (portion shown ghosted at left) and many cameras w/ the equivalent of a 35 or 50 mm lens. The stand consists of an open base with a helicoid threaded column, platform with circular hole for securing the camera lens or the included M39 extension tubes A, B, C & D plus a 5 X loupe (shown at left of base). The loupe is used to check focus when using a rangefinder camera. The open base (w/ three included masks) allows use on a light table for transparencies. | ||
*'''Variants''' - Dark gray or green hammertone | |||
*'''Accessories''' - [[Visoflex]], [[OTZFO]], [[Focotar - 1 1:4.5 / 50 mm]], [[OTRPO]], [[1:3.5 / 65 Elmar]] in combinations as various as the photographer's imagination | |||
*'''Preceded by''' - [[BEHOO]] | |||
*'''In the box''' - see components (in green) image below | |||
*'''Reference''' | *'''Reference''' | ||
**Page 44 of Dennis Laney's [http://www.cameramanuals.org/leica_pdf/leica_accessory_guide.pdf Leica 1984 Accessory Guide] courtesy of Mike Butkus | **Page 44 of Dennis Laney's [http://www.cameramanuals.org/leica_pdf/leica_accessory_guide.pdf Leica 1984 Accessory Guide] courtesy of Mike Butkus | ||
**[http://sculptingwithlight.blogspot.com/ The other day I bought a Leica BEOON] | **[http://sculptingwithlight.blogspot.com/ The other day I bought a Leica BEOON] courtesy of Lars-Göran Hedström | ||
== Comment == | |||
*'''On the street''' - $US 359, £BP 149 in 2014 | |||
*'''Forum discussion''' | *'''Forum discussion''' | ||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/22546-behoo-anyone-uses.html] | |||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/41147-anybody-have-info-adapter-extension-tubes.html] | |||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/92772-making-b-w-prints-kodachrome-transparencies.html] [http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/92772-making-b-w-prints-kodachrome-transparencies-2.html] | |||
***Quote from Forum discussion [2] # 23 (above) ". . . the Leica 16511 Copy Stand used in conjunction with a light box is the best way to go. It offers magnification of 1.1 to 1.3 and comes with a focus finder and is ideally suitable for a 50mm Summicron and an [[M6]]. Brian Bower recommends it in his book '''Leica M photography''' - David & Charles page 92 and Theo Scheerer also sings it's praises in his earlier book '''The Leica and the Leica System''' - Fountain Press page 82." -[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/members/kenneth.html Kenneth] | |||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/92732-16511-leitz-copy-stand.html] | |||
**[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/317371-m-ltm-lens-adapter-not-usual.html] | **[http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/317371-m-ltm-lens-adapter-not-usual.html] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 5 March 2014
- Code names - BEOON - 16511
- Production era - 1959-1970 (Laney says 1970 was its last catalog reference, but BEOON was still in production after 1970)
- Type - Small copying stand for scales of reproduction of 1 : 1 to 1 : 3. Designed for Leica M3, it can be used with Visoflex (portion shown ghosted at left) and many cameras w/ the equivalent of a 35 or 50 mm lens. The stand consists of an open base with a helicoid threaded column, platform with circular hole for securing the camera lens or the included M39 extension tubes A, B, C & D plus a 5 X loupe (shown at left of base). The loupe is used to check focus when using a rangefinder camera. The open base (w/ three included masks) allows use on a light table for transparencies.
- Variants - Dark gray or green hammertone
- Accessories - Visoflex, OTZFO, Focotar - 1 1:4.5 / 50 mm, OTRPO, 1:3.5 / 65 Elmar in combinations as various as the photographer's imagination
- Preceded by - BEHOO
- In the box - see components (in green) image below
- Reference
- Page 44 of Dennis Laney's Leica 1984 Accessory Guide courtesy of Mike Butkus
- The other day I bought a Leica BEOON courtesy of Lars-Göran Hedström
Comment
- On the street - $US 359, £BP 149 in 2014
- Forum discussion
- [1]
- [2]
- [3] [4]
- Quote from Forum discussion [2] # 23 (above) ". . . the Leica 16511 Copy Stand used in conjunction with a light box is the best way to go. It offers magnification of 1.1 to 1.3 and comes with a focus finder and is ideally suitable for a 50mm Summicron and an M6. Brian Bower recommends it in his book Leica M photography - David & Charles page 92 and Theo Scheerer also sings it's praises in his earlier book The Leica and the Leica System - Fountain Press page 82." -Kenneth
- [5]
- [6]
