[rollei_list] Re: Double Rolleiflex stereo camera
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:39:43 -0300
2012/10/3 Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>:
>
> May we assume the mention of "Rolleimarin" relates only to the stereo
> cameras and not the Haas design?
Don:
Dr. Hans Hass realized that a TLR with uninterrupted ground
glass viewing would be very useful for underwater photography and
convinced Reinhold Heidecke in 1951 about to build an underwater
housing for the Rolleiflex, a technical team was formed for the
purpose and Hass worked with this team to design the first
Rolleimarin in 1953, Heidecke liked the results very much and gave
instructions to Richard Weiss to build an underwater stereo camera
(Heidecke was stereo cameras fan in spite of the market lack of
interest for these cameras in the '50s), the old models were not
suitable as underwater cameras and then the TLR Stereo camera was
built. Three prototypes were made and the three units had its
Rolleimarin, the stereo camera Rolleimarin was based in the
Rolleimarin 1 design, however adapted for the stereo camera different
controls and size, the design was ready in 1954, and then the regular
Rolleimarin and the stereo camera Rolleimarin were developed almost
simultaneously and they look similar externally.
Carlos
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