[rollei_list] Re: OT: Ansco Reflex Camera
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 15:21:32 -0700
Richard und Jerry und Sandy,
Even Leica used Woolensock lenses in Leica screw mounts from
1944 to 1951. they were the Velostigmat lenses in 50mm, 90mm
and 127mm. Sometimes the name changed to Raptar. I have tried
the 90 and 127, but have never even seen a 50.
Jerry
Richard Knoppow wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jerry Friedman <tinycameraco@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: May 14, 2006 2:17 PM
> >To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [rollei_list] OT: Ansco Reflex Camera
> >
> >
> >Hi Sandy:
> >
> >As you are the only person I have ever heard of that actually owned an Ansco
> >reflex, I have to ask you about how you like it. How are the controls, etc
> >compared with a rollei and what kind of results can you get from the lens? It
> >has always been a mystery to me why Ansco put a less well known lens on so
> >expensive a camera. What was their logic, do you think?
> >
> >Jerry F.
> >
> Wollensak was a main supplier of custom (OEM) lenses and shutters. Ansco
> probably had a choice of Wollensak or Ilex, perhaps B&L. Cost may have been a
> factor but, at the time, Wollensak had a good reputation. For instance, they
> were making lenses for Graflex which Graflex sold under their Optar brand.
> Some of these lenses were excellent, some were dogs. Wollensak also made
> excellent shutters, the Ansco Reflex shutter is almost certainly a Wollensak
> shutter. Also, at the time the Ansco Reflex came out German lenses and
> shutters were in short supply. I suppose Ansco could have used Kodak lenses
> but Kodak was their main rival.
>
>
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> Richard Knoppow
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
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