Ploot: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:31, 25 October 2012

Production era - 1935-1951
Code names
- PLOOT - Single unit 5 x mirror reflex housing with swing-in 30 x magnifier and fixed eyepiece (1935-1940)
Evolution - after 1940, two versions of Ploot were available, using component parts:
- PROON - housing only
- PLOOT = PROON + POOIM
- ODULO = PROON + PAMOO
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	1935-1951	unknown
TOTAL	ASSIGNED	SERIAL NUMBERS	1935-1951	unknown

Superseded by Visoflex I

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 *'''Code names'''
 **PLOOT - Single unit 5 x mirror reflex housing with swing-in 30 x magnifier and fixed eyepiece (1935-1940)
-*'''Evolution''' - After 1940 two versions of Ploot were available using component parts:
+*'''Evolution''' - after 1940, two versions of Ploot were available, using component parts:
 **PROON - housing only
 **PLOOT = PROON + [[POOIM]]