What is this Orthoplan accessory

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Leitzcycler
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What is this Orthoplan accessory

#1 Post by Leitzcycler » Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:56 am

What is this item for? It is like variotube, however lacking the magnification changer knob. The tube in the center is plugged, and it doesn't look like phototube.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Leitz-Basteltei ... OSwn0xfd2w~
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Re: What is this Orthoplan accessory

#2 Post by mrsonchus » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:31 am

Hi, the pins on the RH as visible in image #2 suggest it's an early shutter/camera controller as in shutter activation and timing.
The rods look like pull-rods to include/exclude the camera lightpath in/from illumination..
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Re: What is this Orthoplan accessory

#3 Post by MichaelG. » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:57 am

I was delighted to see that DeepL translates Bastelteil to ‘Tinkering Part’
... I can now label some of my boxes, in German

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