[rollei_list] Re: Thinking about buying a Rollei

Jeffery,

The only Automat that I know of is the name of a chain of Horn &
Hardart restaurants in New York.

Jerry

Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Actually, Automat was the name Rollei used for all of its
> Rolleiflexes that detected the beginning of the roll of film (so you
> didn't have to line up arrows). They shouldn't have been the cheaper
> Rolleis. The GX is not an automat, but most of the other post WWII
> Rolleiflexes were.
>
> At 09:14 AM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
> >I'm with everyone about the gears. I have a Mamiya 220 and a
> >Flexaret with lens scratches, and they both are more pleasent to
> >wind. What made me buy the Yashica was the condition and the seller
> >standing behind it.
> >Sometimes I regret being practical.
> >
> >I never did find out why the Automats were so much cheaper than the
> >other Rolleis.
> >David
>
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