[rollei_list] Re: Interesting(?) Flash Mount
- From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:38:09 -0700
Richard,
Installing a functional device is not mutilation. Look up that word in
the dictionary.
I have modified or customized almost every gadget that I have ever
used-- Linn
Sondeks, Jaguars, Porsches, Leicas, Speed Graphics, Colts, Smith &Wessons
Hammerlis, Marantz, Dell, Threshhold und so weiter! These are tools,
not one
of a kind artworks.
I love and respect Rolleis, Leicas and H'blads but they were bought to
serve me.
Jerry Lehrer
Richard Knoppow wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 5:45 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Interesting(?) Flash Mount
Richard
First of all, it appears to be a 2.8 F 12/24, not an E.
And, WTF is wrong with that flash bracket screwed to the side-plate?
There was a commercially available
device similar to that one several years back. Nothing sacred about
drilling holes in a camera.
Anything is better than just screwing a bracket and flash to the
tripod socket and flimsy Rollei back.
My professional experience with Rolleis and flash goes back to 1947.
Can you beat that?
Its got a removable hood (not the latch in the photo) so its not an E.
I don't like mutilating cameras but you are right about the lack of
a good way to mount a flash on a Rollei.
Remember the brackets used to fasten flash solenoids to the front
of Rolleiflex's? I have an Old Standard that has the scars from one
and a little tab fastened to the tripping lever for the solenoid to
fasten to.
Well, I remember photographing locomotives for Matthias Baldwin,
oh, wait, the saucer people said I shouldn't talk about that...
---
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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