Ploot
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- Production era - 1935-1951
- Code names
- PLOOT - Single unit, 5 x mirror reflex housing, with swing-in 30 x magnifier and rotating eyepiece (1935-1939)
- Evolution - after 1940 component parts were used to make two versions of Ploot:
- Type - Mirror reflex housing with 62.5 mm optical depth for screw mount (camera not shown)
- Operation - "The lens screwed into the cube-shaped body of the reflex housing which in turn screwed into the camera. . .The image was viewed through a 5 x magnifier and for critical focusing a built-in 30 x magnifier could be swung in by the projecting lever. The 5 x magnifier had to be removed if the 30 x one was in use, but its socket, which was not removable in early models, served as a light shield. The ground glass screen [vertical eyepiece] had to be used upright, but vertical pictures could be taken by loosening a locking lever at the side and rotating the camera. . ." -Laney
- 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 eyepiece /magnifiers
- Other Visoflex Accessories
- Source
- Dennis Laney's Leica Accessory Guide (1st edition) page 45 courtesy of Mike Butkus
- See also LEICA CAMERAS HISTORICA
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Serial numbers
SN Start | SN End | Product | Year | Batch |
---|---|---|---|---|
0001 | ~8000 | Ploot | 1935-1951 | unknown |
TOTAL | ASSIGNED | SERIAL NUMBERS | 1935-1951 | unknown |
- Superseded by Visoflex I