[rollei_list] Re: Interesting(?) Flash Mount

Richard,
Installing a functional device is not mutilation. Look up that word in the dictionary.
I have modified or customized almost every gadget that I have ever used-- Linn 
Sondeks, Jaguars, Porsches, Leicas, Speed Graphics, Colts, Smith &Wessons
Hammerlis, Marantz, Dell, Threshhold und so weiter! These are tools, not one 
of a kind artworks.
I love and respect Rolleis, Leicas and H'blads but they were bought to serve me. 

Jerry Lehrer


Richard Knoppow wrote:


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 5:45 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Interesting(?) Flash Mount



Richard

First of all, it appears to be a 2.8 F 12/24, not an E.
And, WTF is wrong with that flash bracket screwed to the side-plate? There was a commercially available device similar to that one several years back. Nothing sacred about drilling holes in a camera.
Anything is better than just screwing a bracket and flash to the tripod socket and flimsy Rollei back.
My professional experience with Rolleis and flash goes back to 1947. Can you beat that? 


   Its got a removable hood (not the latch in the photo) so its not an E.
I don't like mutilating cameras but you are right about the lack of a good way to mount a flash on a Rollei. Remember the brackets used to fasten flash solenoids to the front of Rolleiflex's? I have an Old Standard that has the scars from one and a little tab fastened to the tripping lever for the solenoid to fasten to. Well, I remember photographing locomotives for Matthias Baldwin, oh, wait, the saucer people said I shouldn't talk about that... 

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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