[rollei_list] Re: Query: Mechancial Cameras
- From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:59:42 -0400
On Monday, April 11, 2005, at 03:54 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> I'll bet that those Tessinas are leftovers from the first
> production run in 1960! Has anyone ever seen one
> being used?
Seen one being used? I used to have one! I had the wrist strap for it
and it was a hell of a lot of fun to always have a camera right there
ready to go. And a motor drive camera on top of that!
The optical quality on the one I had was superb. You had to remember
to print the negatives "backwards", that is emulsion up in the enlarger.
Karl Heitz still sells them, but I doubt any have been made for some
time. He also sells new Alpa cameras, and we all know how long that
factory has been shut down.
Bob
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