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.
  • TUVOO - Accessory (shown) to make frame lines for 2.8 cm lenses.
  • 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.
  • New York versions - see IMFIN and VIOAD
• Reference - Page 11-12 of Dennis Laney's Leica 1984 Accessory Guide courtesy of Mike Butkus
• Designer - Ernst Leitz II
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