[rollei_list] Re: Paris-bound with my Art Deco Rolleicord
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 15:33:19 -0300
2013/5/2 Sanders McNew <sanders@xxxxxxxxx>:
> ...Paul reported that the
> focus assembly was built of much lighter material than modern Rolleiflexes,
> and was very susceptible to damage from drops and knocks...
The Rolleicord I "Art Deco" payed the price to be the first model
using the focusing system new design. "Here, the customer paid the
dues for designers" (Prochnow in Report II talking about the EVS
evolution). The original Rolleiflex and the Standard Rolleiflex used
four spindles for focusing, The 1933 Rolleicord I Art Deco used a
double cam driving for focusing and it became the standard focusing
drive for Rollei TLR cameras from 1937 up to this very day. BTW, the
material used for the focusing assembly construction has to do with
the quality and reliability. .
Rolleicord and Rolleiflex cameras were made from identical quality
from about 1937, the differences were the mechanical and optical
features, not the construction quality. The Rolleicord between 1933
and 1937 had almost nothing to do with the Rolleiflex Standard, it was
a new cheaper camera, also used to try some new features for the
future 1937 "Rolleiflex Automat" model ("Grand Prix"award for its
outstanding achievements in cameras design during the International
World Exposition in Paris 1937)
Carlos
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