[rollei_list] Re: Contax Repair
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 15:01:29 -0400
At 02:40 PM 5/9/2010, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> The Contax shutter is a very complex mechanism. I don't
>think there is any truth to the rumor that it was designed
>to get around the Leitz patents for the Leica, it seems to
>be based on the earlier Mirroflex shutter. However, its much
>more complex than the Leica, which to me is an elegant and
>very reliable bit of machinery. The Contax also has some
>other areas which are more complex than the Leica such as
>the rangefinder. Its a very good design which in some ways
>makes the leica one seem crude, but, its more delicate.
Richard
I would dispute your use of the word
"delicate". From the late 1930's up to the late
1950's, hard-country expedition photographers and
war correspondents left the Leica at home and
took along a Contax II to record things. The
first 35mm camera on Mount Everest was a Contax,
along with a Prewar Retina 119: no one dared to
take a Leica there for another thirty years,
though a Rolleflex TLR was the in '53 and the Rollei 35 made it high in '73. .
I have overhauled both Leica TM and Contax RF BM
camera shutters, and the Prewar Contax shutter is
a lot simpler than you indicate, though it is a
bit more complex than that on the LTM bodies.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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