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I heared that PAMOO attachments came in 2 versions. That is, the earlier had a mirror installed within, while the newer had a prism.

 

1. Does the prism provide correct 'handedness' of image? In other words, when one tries to read a book through a PAMOO, would the letters not be inverted left to right?

2. Is there a way to identify older, mirror installed examples against the newer ones?

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Yes, the prism is made exactly for providing laterally correct image.

About an older version with laterally reversed image (as for docs, it seems it was a "first version"... but year of intro was 1940, critical timing...)  it seems indeed to exist, and some years ago a forum member wrote it had one (post #9), appatently with no markings on the front surface : 

 

The variants in the front writing are also shown here : http://www.wetzlar-historica-italia.it/visoriviso.html  with no infos about the question mirror vs. prism (but note that the unmarked  variant has a slightly different shape , which makes to think of a different inner part) . The variant with "wetzlar" and "germany" in capital is imho a typical postwar style, probably they are the last ones.

 

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My grey variant.

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Just for illustration :

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17 hours ago, Leicapasion said:

My grey variant.

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Very interesting... does it reverse right/left ?  I bet it does... 😉 (also, think that it has the round writing along the eyepiece)

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