costakarl Posted November 30, 2011 Share #1 Posted November 30, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just bought a mint TXBOO tube bayonet mount and with 1/4 and 3/8 mounting threads. I will be using a 200mm Telyt on this for an upcoming safari. The tube is engraved 14076P where I was expecting to see 14043 (see Laney). 14076 seems to be associated with a cable release, and if you google this number you will get a lot of cables. Did Leitz make an error in their numbering? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Geschlecht Posted December 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted December 1, 2011 Hello Karl, Welcome to the Forum. The 62.5mm extension tube has different identifications in various versions. TZOON, TZFOO, 14077, 14024. You have a tube marked 14076. There may be others w/ other designations. Leitz is known for sometimes having a number of variations on a theme. Among other things. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 1, 2011 Share #3 Posted December 1, 2011 This one on the left is numbered 14024 B Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/167581-txboo-numbering/?do=findComment&comment=1858950'>More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 1, 2011 Share #4 Posted December 1, 2011 In my 1961 catalog the TXBOO is stated as equiv. to 14024 , but the catalog in itself lists 4 different codes for the tube (all 1402x) depending on SM - BM and 1/4" - 3/8". Does your tube have both the tripod threads ? Nothing strange that initially they made different version for 1/4" 3/8" then a single version with both... happened to other devices too. 14076 ought to be, indeed, a "long" shutter release cable (14067=10" 14076=20") Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 1, 2011 Share #5 Posted December 1, 2011 Does your tube have both the tripod threads ? Nothing strange that initially they made different version for 1/4" 3/8" then a single version with both... happened to other devices too. This makes my eyebrows up ! never seen before .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 1, 2011 Share #6 Posted December 1, 2011 This makes my eyebrows up ! never seen before .. You mean, a device with both tripod threads ? I seem my OUBIO is like this... (but must check at home...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 1, 2011 Share #7 Posted December 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) This makes my eyebrows up ! never seen before .. You mean, a device with both tripod threads ? I seem my OUBIO is like this... (but must check at home...) BTW I don t remember to have seen one !!! The one on the picture has the 2 mount (checked now) So do you think that the add of B to the reference/catalog number is for beide/both ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 1, 2011 Share #8 Posted December 1, 2011 BTW I don t remember to have seen one !!! The one on the picture has the 2 mount (checked now) So do you think that the add of B to the reference/catalog number is for beide/both ?[/quote] I don't think... have always thought that the letter after the 5 digits (now abandoned... from when,,,?) had not a literal significate... neither it was reserved for versions of the same item, I'd say... (they didn't do... versions of same lens ave laways had diffrent digits, even if slightly).... maybe was related to the times of order-by-telegraph/telex... the equivalent of "control characters" now used in digital communications... a way to separate clearly a sequence of codes to avoid misinterpretations in case of casual "typing" errors... btw... at home for lunch today... ... checked my OUBIO - has the two tripod threads... dunno if it was always like this; checked also the 1961 catalog on TXBOO,,, indeed the 4 distinct codes were : 14024 B - BM - 1/4 14043 N - BM - 3/8 14023 A - SM - 1/4 14039 J - SM - 3/8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
costakarl Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share #9 Posted December 1, 2011 Here is a shot of the piece showing the number 14076P and the double tripod mount. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/167581-txboo-numbering/?do=findComment&comment=1859183'>More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 1, 2011 Share #10 Posted December 1, 2011 Really a strange engraving... the only missing info is the code of the TXBOO in your version (to say, the "double tripod thread"... not one of the four I quoted before)... maybe it was "similar" to 14076 (14046 ?) and there has been one of the (uncommon, but known) "single character errors" that sometimes are found... 14076 WAS another thing, this is clear from simple goggling, as you said, and also on books : Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Even if the 20" cable looks also to be coded OPKOM/14075... https://www.leicashop.com/vintage/opkom14075-cable-release-p-1053.html Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Even if the 20" cable looks also to be coded OPKOM/14075... https://www.leicashop.com/vintage/opkom14075-cable-release-p-1053.html ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/167581-txboo-numbering/?do=findComment&comment=1859330'>More sharing options...
costakarl Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted December 2, 2011 Thanks for the expert assistance, gentlemen. Perhaps the tube came from a late production run which never made it into the usual catalogues. Regards Karl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 2, 2011 Share #12 Posted December 2, 2011 BTW I don t remember to have seen one !!! The one on the picture has the 2 mount (checked now) So do you think that the add of B to the reference/catalog number is for beide/both ?[/quote] dunno if it was always like this; checked also the 1961 catalog on TXBOO,,, indeed the 4 distinct codes were : 14024 B - BM - 1/4 14043 N - BM - 3/8 14023 A - SM - 1/4 14039 J - SM - 3/8 OK but mine 14024 B - BM - 1/4 has the two tripod threads... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 2, 2011 Share #13 Posted December 2, 2011 ... So, apparently, IDENTICAL to Costakarl's "14076 P" .... .... Costa, how is yours from the other side ? Does it have the classic "Leitz Wetzlar Germany" engraving like JC's 14024 B of the above pics? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted December 3, 2011 Share #14 Posted December 3, 2011 I also have an M mount intermediate tube with number 14076P and both tripod threads. Leica must have reused a number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 4, 2011 Share #15 Posted December 4, 2011 Thanks, Zeitz... little but definitive info... one engraving error can happen... two identical not : code re-used (even if a bit strange... 14076 as a cable was listed, see above, in 1971... the former TXBOO is a device of the "Visoflex era", previously with a different code... an odd timing...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
costakarl Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share #16 Posted December 5, 2011 To complete the picture....... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/167581-txboo-numbering/?do=findComment&comment=1862865'>More sharing options...
zeitz Posted December 5, 2011 Share #17 Posted December 5, 2011 Luigi, I've seen other intermediate tubes with the 14076P number for sale on e-bay. When I first noticed I had an odd number, I thought I might have something unusual, but there are too many for sale with this number to think it is a missengraving. I also have not been able to find 14076P for an intermediate tube in any Leica catalog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted December 6, 2011 Share #18 Posted December 6, 2011 Hello Everybody, In the 1968 catalog the 50cm cable release is a 14075. In the 1973 & 1976 catalogs it is a 14076. In 1968 the intermediate tube w/ tripod head thread unspecified is 14024. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 6, 2011 Share #19 Posted December 6, 2011 Luigi, I've seen other intermediate tubes with the 14076P number for sale on e-bay. When I first noticed I had an odd number, I thought I might have something unusual, but there are too many for sale with this number to think it is a missengraving. I also have not been able to find 14076P for an intermediate tube in any Leica catalog. Me too... ... from the start of this thread I surfed a little and found "your" 14076 P no few times... (recently, one sold by Westlicht together with other accessories); and, notice, 14076 as a release cable is a very enduring item... it's listed even in the 2008 catalog... Keeping also into account the above post from Michael, this is a really strange issue... I wonder if maybe this can be vaguely related to coding certain items within different product lines (photography, microscopes, surveying....) ... for instance I am sure that Leica MD body was listed in a Leitz microscope catalog with a code (10911) different from its "standard" coding in the camera catalog (10101)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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