[rollei_list] Re: F&H some years before the TLR
- From: Edward Meyers <aghalidebw@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 07:45:33 -0500
Carlos,
The Simmons Brothers actually invented the Heidoscop in Germany, working for
Franke & Heidecke. They then moved to the U.S.
Ed
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 2:27 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think you are confused Ed, the Heidoscop stereo camera is a product
> from Franke & Heidecke like the Rolleiflex, a Reinhold Heidecke design
> mainly made from 1925 to 1927.
>
> Simmon brothers were the Omega enlargers manufacturers, in 1953 Alfred
> Simmons patented the Omega 120 camera, it was produced in 1954 and the
> patent sold to Konica afterwards, Konica manufactured the Koni Omega,
> an improved camera based on the Omega 120:
>
> http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/omega120/omega120.htm
>
> Carlos
>
>
> 2010/11/7 Edward Meyers <aghalidebw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > I met the inventors of the Heidoscop stereo camera, the Simmons brothers,
> > both of whom worked for the Simmons brothers Omega Enlarger Company
> situated
> > in Long Island City, Queens.
> >
> > I'm sure Marc can tell us a lot about this subject.
> >
> > Ed Meyers
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:55 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is a Heidoscop second version made from 1925 to 1927, still in
> >> mint condition, offered to sell by the Köln Auction Team last
> >> September, it has the original box and original brochures:
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/23e3yq4
> >>
> >> It is provided with two CZJ Tessar 4,5/7,5cm taking lenses and a CZJ
> >> Triplet 4,2/7,5cm finder lens. It has interchangeable magazines for 12
> >> 6x13 plates to take six 6x6 stereo pairs (65mm stereo separation)with
> >> automatic changing chuter, or magazines for one plate only or for film
> >> packs and for 120 film. It uses a leaf stereo shutter, Heidecke's
> >> design, timed by air bracket 1sec to 1/300th sec.
> >>
> >> Carlos
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