[rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:56:11 -0800
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From: "Peter J Nebergall" <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
I just bought another old automat, with a coated tessar,
but the camera
is wierd. It is a Carl Zeiss f3.5 tessar, so I suspect
the lens is way
too new? Lens# 1192124. Shutter is Compur-Rapid, rather
than
synchro-compur. Not a jena or an Opton...
1101153 body #.
Viewing lens is uncoated. Has no info. Camera has added
synch, dead
center bottom, and something that looks like a kalart
synch. Camera
shows sign of having been repainted.
Made from pieces? Re-lensed later? What have I got here?
Peter Nebergall
The lens dates from about 1930. If I interpret Prochnow
right the first Rollei with an f/3.5 Tessar was the "old"
Standard, which appeared in November, 1934. This has a
Compur-Rapid shutter. Its possible a lens four years old
might have been used. The earlier model Standards had either
f/4.5 or f/3.8 lenses and a different type of Compur.
The first Automat appeared in August, 1937. These have
Compur-Rapid shutters.
The serial numbers of the last Automat before WW-2 run
from 805,000 to 1,099,999. The last of these camras was made
in September 1949. The pre-war cameas had Zeiss Tessars,
post war cameras also may have Opton Tessars or Xenars.
The serial number applies to a post-war Automat model
made from October, 1949 to May, 1951. According to Prochnow,
these were supplied with Jena Tessars, Opton Tessars, and
Xenars. The serial number series begins at 1,100,000
Early Automats did not have flash synch. Many were
modified to take an electromagnetic solenoid type
synchronizer. These generally were mounted on the front
panel with thumb screws so as to be removable and operated
the shutter by means of the cable release socket. A similar
mounting arrangement was used on both old and new Standard
models but with a modification that added a short release
lever to the shutter in addition to the normal lever. Most
of these solenoids were made by Heiland.
AFAIK, Kalart never made a solenoid type synchonizer.
They offered a mechanical delay synchronizer. These were in
the form of a cable release with the delay unit near the
operating end. they were designed to plug into the Kalart
flashgun. They certainly could have been used on Rolleiflex
or Rolleicord cameras but would not require any modification
of the camera.
Could you post pictures of the camera, perhaps to the
Rollei Gallery?
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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