[rollei_list] Re: My "new" Rolleiflex SL66
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:24:46 -0400
Carlos -
It would be interesting to compare the block diagrams of the 80 Planar
and the 80 Distagon... are there any other Distagon "normal" lenses
available for any camera to your knowledge?
Eric Goldstein
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:12 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote: (snipped)
> It came with the Zeiss Distagon 4/80 lens provided with independent
> Compur leaf shutter (the lens is in pristine condition), this shutter
> is wide open in the standard position and then the lens regularly
> works in conjuction with the camera focal plane shutter as for any
> other lens. If you need or you want to use fill- in flash for shutter
> speeds faster than 1/30 sec, the lens Compur shutter offers X-M synch
> from 1/30 to 1/500, it has a socket for the flash cable; it’s also
> interesting the way both shutters work together, the lens shutter has
> a comfortable tab to cock it, after to do it the lens shutter stays
> wide open, when you release the focal plane shutter release button in
> the camera, (you need 1/30 or slower speed for the focal plane
> shutter) the Compur first closes when the focal plane shutter opens
> and afterward it fires according the selected shutter speed making to
> fire the flash too, the leaf shutter stays closed after to fire and it
> opens again automatically when the focal plane shutter closes again,
> it looks complex to describe but it’s pretty simple in practical use.
> I think the lens Compur shutter needs a CLA because it sometimes
> closes partially when the focal plane shutter opens, it must close
> completely during this phase; except for this detail, the Compur works
> fine, I really don’t need to use it and then no problem, I’ll wait for
> a general CLA that the camera needn’t yet apparently, I’ll see after
> the first roll.
>
> The camera-lens combo (this Distagon has double weight regarding the
> Planar 2.8/80) is heavier than a TLR of course, but it can be handled
> by hand, I think to use it for close-up photography and since the
> camera offers a certain limited capacity for the “Scheimpflug”, I’ll
> try to do some special DOF effect.
>
> Carlos
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