Copying stand

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Last year I wrote about a burglary. Now I need help in a different direction - and thanks for the advice. The burglar did try a second go about two months later. Was scared off by the monitored alarm we'd had fitted! Nothing lost this time. But this morning I bought a copying stand, "Leitz Wetzlar" on the front of the base, two chromed arms yoked at about half a metre, a Prontor shutter with a tape measure beside it and no instruction book! I was told in the camera shop that it requires a Visoflex system, which I bought to replace the burgled one last year but I can't figure out how to attach the Visoflex or a lens in the (Japanese made) mount below the shutter. Any one who uses one of these or can point me to a site with 1950's (I guess) information will win my undying gratitude- for whatever that's worth these days! Thanks anyway Peter

-- Peter Phillips (peterph@camtech.net.au), May 12, 2001

Answers

Your description doesn't sound like anything I've seen, heard or read about. I have a suspicion (fueled greatly by the "Japanese made" mount) that you've got a one-of-a-kind modification made of at least one Leitz component (the label!). Pehaps if you could post (or e- mail me) a picture of it I could be of more help.

-- Jay (infinitydt@aol.com), May 12, 2001.

Early Leitz copy stand used a bracket with thread to attach to the tripod thread of Leica camera; it also used Elmar 50/f3.5 lens as a copy lens with a set of copy attachment tubes.

A copy stand can be attached to any camera through the tripod thread.

For close up work with rangefinder Leica, you need a Visoflex or extenstion tubes.

With extenstion tubes (copy attachement ) you have to calibrate the position of camera with test rolls.

The Pronto shutter is extra to the Leitz copy stand.

A Leitz copy stand matches best with Leica R plus a Macro - Elmarit lens

Leica rangefinder never makes a good document copier,even if can use Visoflex to make focusing easier, but it is not ideal, because there is no flat field lens in any M or LTM lenses.

-- martin tai (martin.tai@capcanada.com), May 12, 2001.


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