BEOON: Difference between revisions

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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. Design for Leica M3 it can be used with 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 extension tubes A, B, C & D plus a 5 X loupe (shown at left). 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 - Gray hammertone or green (shown)
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

On the street - $US 359, £BP 149 in 2014
Forum discussion
- Forum discussion
- [1] [2]
  - 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
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 *'''Code names''' - BEOON - 16511
-*'''Production era''' - 1959-1970 (Laney says 1970 was BEOONs last catalog reference, but produced later)
+*'''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. Design for Leica [[M3]] it can be used with 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 extension tubes A, B, C & D plus a 5 X loupe (shown at left). 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''' - Gray hammertone or green (shown)