Leitz tropical aluminum lens cases

[luigi bertolotti]

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On 8/23/2020 at 5:12 PM, yashicachris said:

Hi all!

Here's my Leica Summaron 3.5cm f3.5 L39 (SOONC) lens with its original(?) Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Bakelite case. No catalog code on the case but there's numbers on the inside of the cap and base. Cap is 2617 and the base is 2729.

The lens is from 1955 but I'm thinking the case is a bit older (late 1940s or early 1950s) and was in use just before the clear bubble cases came out (maybe). The Leica catalog from France that's shown elsewhere in this thread shows that the case was BCDOO. A current search for BCDOO comes up empty.

Great site...

Chris

 

Just a little detail about your BCDOO bakelite case : what is inscribed on the bottom part ? On my one (that i acquired together with an Hektor 2,8cm, many years ago) there is "2,8 cm Hektor"  and "3,5 cm Elmar" :  I'm just curios to see if, after the intro of Summaron 3,5, they even "updated" the case adding the new specification (as detailed in the catalog)

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[yashicachris]

5 hours ago, luigi bertolotti said:

Just a little detail about your BCDOO bakelite case : what is inscribed on the bottom part ? On my one (that i acquired together with an Hektor 2,8cm, many years ago) there is "2,8 cm Hektor"  and "3,5 cm Elmar" :  I'm just curios to see if, after the intro of Summaron 3,5, they even "updated" the case adding the new specification (as detailed in the catalog)

Hello. Thank you for your comments. Here is an image of the bottom of my case. 

Chris

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