VIDOM

• Production era - 1933-1944
• Type - Universal viewfinder for the focal lengths 3.5-13.5 cm with non-zoom, mirror-image with parallax adjusting lever.
• Variants - Early models have a one piece conical nose; later version had a rounded collar between the nose cone and the body; Black and nickel, black and chrome or all chrome with long or short accessory clip and slight variations in overall length. HEER, gray paint, wartime version with masks locked at 13.5 cm without parallax adjustment. Stereo version also produced during the war
• KINSU - Cine version for 1.5 to 15 cm lenses. The eyepiece has a large eye-cup.
• Reference - Page 11-12 of Dennis Laney's Leica 1984 Accessory Guide courtesy of Mike Butkus
• Designer - Ernst Leitz II
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