What size/model Leica does this go to?

[radiophoto]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=280626915914&si=xSBNjvmMzdFtEar7jA4n%252Bi%252BNHFM%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

Guys, I spent (censored) bucks on this thing (click on above link), and when I finally get it, it don't fit on my Leica IIIc!  It's something like a quarter-inch too short!  I mean, WTF?!

At what point did Leitz start making the bottom-loading Leicas shorter?  With which model?  Does anybody know?

Right now I'm just so danged disappointed that I could bust out cryin'.  Help, please, somebody.

[br1078lum]

Kinda looks like the bottom of an M3 Pete.  My one Leica book does not have a photo of any flashes, so I will have to go through the listing in the back of the 5 letter codes to see if I find anything.

PF

[Todd G]

At what point did Leitz start making the bottom-loading Leicas shorter?  With which model?  Does anybody know?

Other way around.  IIIc was the first of the longer Barnack Leicas.  Those before were about 1/8th inch shorter.  So that should fit a II, III, IIIa, or IIIb.

[radiophoto]

Ach!  Thanks for the info, Todd.  Do we know anybody who owns one of them models?

[br1078lum]

Guess it's not a CTOOM which came out in 1954.  That's all I've come up with so far.

PF

[Todd G]

Well, the strange thing is, none of the earlier models, nor even the IIIc for that matter, were sychronized for flash, unless they were later modified to an "f" version.  There were some makeshift things that mounted on the shutter speed dial and spun around tripping a contact to trigger a flash.  But that thing looks like it's got a two-pronged plug on it to connect to something.

It might actually be for an M.  But the insides look more like those of a Barnack Leica.  M bases were even longer yet.  Pre-IIIc were 5 1/4 inches, IIIc, IIIf and probably the IIIg were 5 3/8ths inches and the M2/M3 bases are 5 1/2 inches.

[Todd G]

Ah!  Could be a SELSY.

http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00Peif

[br1078lum]

According to 'Leica: The First Fifty Years' by G. Rogliatti, the SELSY is a "Flash unit for cameras having  .serial numbers higher than III.450  except models IIIc and IIc (1949)."  Good work on that search Todd.  I couldn't come up with a site that even listed different flash units, and most of my searches either listed the CTOOM, or the newer SD models.

PF