Visoflex III

• Production era - 1963-1992
• Code names
  • 16457 - Viso III housing (for bayonet only)
  • 16498 - Viso III with OTXBO
• Type - Mirror reflex housing, similar in appearance to Visoflex II, but offering three possibilities of mirror operation set by three positions on the knob: yellow dot - fast mirror breakaway-and-return for rapid action; black dot - slow, gentle mirror rise and fall for long exposures; red dot - mirror lock-up out of light path for vibration-free close-ups and photomicrographs. . . A thumb-activated mounting lever enables the unit complete with OTXBO to be quickly mounted on Leica-M without having to remove the OTXBO first - Laney
• Optical depth - 40 mm
• Variants
  • Finish - Black crackle (standard) and gray hammertone (military) versions
  • Motor-M Coupled Version - Upward movement of the arm caused Motor-M to advance the film - NY item, mid 60s, never cataloged - Laney
  • Pellicle - modified Visoflex II /III by Goldberg (or JPL) with fixed half-silvered prism, eliminating mirror vibration and black-out - Laney (see Westlicht 12 /292)
• Included cable releases (see also FINOT OPKOM OZWTO OZWTO-M GIIFT)
  • OZTOM 16491 - Double cable release, bayonet cameras
• Available Viso III magnifiers
  • OTXBO 16499 - 90 degree 4 x eyepiece
  • OTVXO 16461 - Straight (chimney) 5 x eyepiece
• Rapid focusing accessories for Viso II /III
  • 14112 - 14113 - 14114, Focorapid w/ 3 distance pre-selection
  • 14136, Televit
• Other Visoflex Accessories
• Serial nos. - Viso II /III did not have serial numbers (surprise :-)
• Source
  • Dennis Laney's Leica Accessory Guide (1st edition) page 51 courtesy of Mike Butkus

Preseded by Visoflex II