196. Telyt 8/600mm prototype *

A unique 600mm prototype lens, including original leather lens cap, grey Leica IIIc no.387747, PLOOT mirror reflex housing no.3847 and double cable release.
Until the year 1966, the longest focal length for a Leica lens was always 400 mm. Experiments with longer focal lengths date back as early as 1946. Individual specimens of lens prototypes with focal lengths of 600, 800 and even 1000 mm focal length from the period of 1946-1949 are known to exist.
The lens here is an unknown prototype of a 600 mm lens with the largest aperture of f/8 and focusing-wheel from this period, which was discovered in South Africa in the 1990s. The lens does not carry a serial number. Truly a museum piece and probably unique. It was included in our historical 100 years of Leica auction in 2014.

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