Ploot: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:22, 24 October 2012

Production era - 1935-1951
Code names
- PLOOT - Mirror reflex housing with fixed eyepiece and double cable release (1935-1940) Note: fixed eyepiece was 8 mm higher than the removeable, post-1940 POOIM
- PROON - housing only (1940-1951)
ODULO = PROON + POOIM (shown ghosted)
Type - Mirror reflex housing
Optical depth - 62.5 mm for screw mount
Variants - Black body with nickel (rare) or chrome trim. Post 1940 versions had an accessory shoe and the mirror-release button could be locked down. Viewing screens were lenticular or flat. A micro version was introduced in 1950.
Included cable release
- POORQ - Double cable release with three control stops
Available Ploot magnifiers
- PAMOO - 90 degree 5 x eyepiece with reverse image
- POOIM - Vertical 5 x eyepiece w/ swing-in 30 x magnifier
Source
- Dennis Laney's Leica Accessory Guide (1st edition) page 45 courtesy of Mike Butkus

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
0001	8000	Ploot	1951	unknown
TOTAL	ASSIGNED	SERIAL NUMBERS	1935-1951	unknown

Superseded by Visoflex I

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 *'''Production era''' - 1935-1951
 *'''Code names'''
-**PLOOT - Mirror reflex housing with fixed eyepiece and double cable release (1935-1940) Note: fixed eyepiece was 8 mm higher than the similar, subsequent [[POOIM]]
+**PLOOT - Mirror reflex housing with fixed eyepiece and double cable release (1935-1940) Note: fixed eyepiece was 8 mm higher than the removeable, post-1940 [[POOIM]]
 **PROON - housing only (1940-1951)
 *ODULO = PROON + [[POOIM]] (shown ghosted)