[rollei_list] Re: (OT) Rilex Press Cameras
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:01:11 -0700
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From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:04 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: (OT) Rilex Press Cameras
Richard,
About 10 years ago, I found a case of those Kalart "light
beam" rangefinders for the Rolleiflex at a garage sale. I
had a devil of a time
trying to get rid of them one-by-one on this website. They
were intended for the f3.5 75mm lens Rolleis, but I had a
f2.8 80mm lens
I was told that they worked very well.
Jerry Lehrer
The Kalart is a bit tricky to set up but very accurate
once its done. The old Kalart literature says they are not
meant to be accurate for close distances but the ones on my
Speed Graphics seem good down to their limit of movement,
around two feet. I've never actually seen the one sold for
TLR cameras but if it used the same basic mechanism as the
Speed Graphic one it would have been adjustable for a small
range of focal lengths.
There were at least four versions of the Kalart. The
first ones have the adjustments on the outside. Some have a
moving mirror but the later ones have a prism. Kalart also
made flashguns and synchronizers and, pretty late in the
game, also made an all-purpose press camera with some
interesting features.
Eventually, Graflex began to use a built-in rangefinder
of its own design with interchangible cams for each lens to
allow the use of several coupled lenses. I have no idea what
happened to the Kalart company.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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