Which front-lens cap for Visoflex Telyt 200mm?

[ui29bk]

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Hi everyone

 

I recently got a 200mm Telyt with M39/Visoflex Mount (http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/F_%3D_20_cm_1:4_Telyt) that lacked a front-cap.

 

Could one of the experts tell me what the product-code for the font-lens cap is?

Is it probably type "70A"? (see attached image below)

 

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[luigi bertolotti]

The product code was 14044, not impossible to find

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[ui29bk]

Thanks Luigi for your answer.

 

Do you know (or could you just check w/ you lens in case you own one) whether the S/N is printed/ embossed somwhere on the cap?

 

If not: Is there any other way I can distinguish this particular cap from other, maybe similar ones?

 

And my last question: Is this also the cap used for the Telyt 280mm f4.8?

(both lenses have the same filter diameter of 58mm)

[luigi bertolotti]

I just checked my 200 f4 : the cap has nowhere the code, neither engraved not painted : no strange, it was a std. equipment of the lens when sold, the pricelist of the time specified that 14044 was the code for the SPARE cap.

 

It's very similar to the cap for Telyt 280, but not identical... see this splendid video capture...

 

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And not interchangable with it... the 280 cap (14079 - spare) is just a bit wider (3 mm) - doesn't stay on the 200 (both have a felt stripe in the inner diameter)

[jc_braconi]

surely this will not help but I can tell that there are 3 kinds of them, only by weight/width of metal used i.e the very first 1959 are really heavy and thick the last are half the weight of the first one.

good luck !!!

[ui29bk]

Cheers guys. I'll do my best to find a proper cap.

So far I like the lens a lot. For a 200mm lens it is quite small and handy.

[George Furst]

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Not only is this lens small and handy but also it had good optics and is beautifully made. The lens head is removble and many do not know this. Maybe there is a adapter to fit it on a bellows for macro work. As for the cap, it is very well made and solid. It was a time when Wetzler took caps seriously.

[luigi bertolotti]

Not only is this lens small and handy but also it had good optics and is beautifully made. The lens head is removble and many do not know this. Maybe there is a adapter to fit it on a bellows for macro work. As for the cap, it is very well made and solid. It was a time when Wetzler took caps seriously.

 

Of course there is... old Leitz was GREAT in making ANY adapter one could think of :

 

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16598 formerly UOOZK, for bellows 2 : worked also with lensheads of old Summicron 90 (1:1 ratio at full extension), Elmarit 135 (1:1,25) and Telyt 280v2 (1:6... not exactly macro) : with the 200 lenshead and bellows II the focusing range is from infinity to 1:3.