[rollei_list] Re: Kalart RF's
- From: Phil Forrest <photo.forrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:08:57 -0400
Kalart made a lighted attachment called the Focuspot for the
rangefinder.
http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/focuspot/index.html
I fashioned one up about 10 years ago to see how accurate the idea was
and since I used a focused LED for the light source, it was good out to
about 15 feet. Any dimmer light source would be too diffuse in all but
the very darkest conditions for the shooter to use.
Phil Forrest
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:00:21 -0400
Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 08:26 PM 3/25/2012, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 5:10 PM
> >Subject: [rollei_list] Re: (OT) Rilex Press Cameras
> >
> >
> >> Richard
> >>
> >> Jerry was speaking of a different RF system used on the
> >> Rolleiflex TLR's. The one he mentions used two converging
> >> light beams. You brought the two dots together on the
> >> victim ... er, target .. and then your camera was set at
> >> the proper distance. Quite a neat idea but more trouble,
> >> I suspect, than it was worth.
> >>
> >> Marc
> >>
> > That's how the Kalart worked.
>
> Richard
>
> I believe that you are speaking against my
> experience. I have a Kalart synchronized RF on
> my Baby Speed Graphic. I have seen dozens if not
> hundreds of similar Kalart RF's on a variety of
> cameras over the years. These were simple and
> very reliable coincidence optical RF's without
> any sort of light bulbs. The converging light
> RF's were a totally different thing and I have
> only seen these on Automat TLR's though I
> understand that they were produced for other cameras.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
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