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General accessories and accessories for early Diax-cameras (up to about 1952)

This is a detailed but not 100% complete list of Diax accessories! all pic's: P. Geisler
Photometer The very first product of the Walter Voss GmbH. A rangefinder to slip into the accessory-shoe on cameras (not only Diax), produced still in 1951, later replaced by the "Sagameter" (see below)
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Reprox 12 A small stand for taking reproductions from more or less flat originals. To cling to the camera's lens front rim by srews, to use with cameras from 24x24mm to 6x9cm negative-size.
Slip-on 32mm-accessories Available in a unique slip-on rim with binding screw (starting in spring 1950) -- Filters: yellow, yellow-green (just green, too), orange, light red, UV -- close-up lenses I and II -- soft focus lens -- sun-shade (srewed onto same rim) bought in from Zeiss: Bernotar polarising filter  
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Rollmaßband For metering the distance to close-up objects while using close-up lenses, in order to set the distance correctly (table of setting was necessery). This accessory was screwed into the tripod socket on bottom of the Diax-camera.
Miscellaneous (not made by Diax but bought in) -- lead to connect a flash device to the camera's synchro-socket -- cable release (same as below)
Accessories for camera-models with interchangeable lenses (both a- and b-types)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Close-up focussing devices Proximeter I and Proximeter II (from 1954 on)
Filters (Biermann & Weber, Wiesbaden, trays Diax-labelled) yellow light, yellow medium, yellow-green, orange, light red, blue, UV, skylight (in 1957) close-up lenses I and II filter-srew-in 40,5mm with all lenses
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Nr. 525: A unique ever-ready-case with high top (including port for 1 filter), so that a slip-on lightmeter could stay on the camera and had not to be removed. billed af 525
billed sagameter Sagameter A rangefinder to slip into the accessory-shoe on cameras (not only Diax), from 1954 as an accessory in Diax-price guides (not made by Diax but bought in) looks precisely identical to the "Präzisa"-rangefinder, then distributed by Erwin Enke Saga- may refer to SAlmon&GArdner, the former traders of German cameras to Australia and New Zealand.  
Miscellaneous (not made by Diax but bought in) -- cable release (same as above) -- sun-shade (srew-in 40,5mm)
Adapter with Diax-mount, to fix Diax-lenses to enlargers using M39-thread. Left: broad version, made by unknown manufacturer (3 identical items known as tonow)Right: original small Diax adopter with Diax-label.(Obviously the left version was also made for the Voigtländer Prominent as I was told from a collector.)
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Nr. 447: Cap for camera-body for both a- and b-Diax.  
prismatic viewfinder for 3 focal lengths 35mm/85-90mm/135mm, made by Steinheil/München  (same as for Braun Paxette / Tower-USA / Argus-USA)  and bought in with specific Diax-engraving or Diax-sticker.
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