[rollei_list] Re: Meniscus lenses and (back on-topic) SL66 //WAS Re: Verichrome
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:49:28 -0400
Hi Sanders -
I meant lens-wise. Certainly you have much more control as you are now set up...
Eric Goldstein
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On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 03:17 PM 6/7/2011, sanders@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Eric, no! A Holga gives no control over shutter speeds
>> or aperture. And it lacks the TLR's finder. And besides,
>> it's made of icky plastic. I want machined steel in my
>> hands. An Automat with a 75mm meniscus taking lens
>> for me, please.
>>
>> I know there were a ton of Rollei imitators making TLRs
>> in the 1950s. I wonder if any sported a meniscus taking
>> lens, that could be focused. (As opposed to the many
>> fixed-focus "TLRs" like the Duaflex that were really just
>> box cameras.) Thoughts?
>
> Immediately after the end of the War, Zeiss Ikon produced Ikoflex TLR's with
> a meniscus lens taken from a box camera production run.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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