[rollei_list] Re: (OT) Rilex Press Cameras
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:24:13 -0500
At 12:10 AM 3/25/2012, Kirk Thompson wrote, in part:
Further, it would need a flash bracket and a (Kalart) rangefinder.
It would have a back window cover, as in the picture; but it would
never be focused that way (except perhaps for copy work). With 127
& 135mm lenses (often Ektars; sometimes Xenars, etc.), a rangefinder
would be almost as important as a film.
I remember that some "press cameras" had a solenoid associated with
the shutter, perhaps as an add-on flash sync device.
I also remember, prior to 1950, that photographers at school dances
used a Rollei with two coupled light beams to focus in the dark.
Finally, I bought my first strobe in Panama in the summer of
1953. It was powered by a 67.5 volt battery and worked fine. I did
have to grind another cam on my Argus C4 shutter shaft for X
sync. It only had F and M as I recall. It took a while for me to
figure out that using larger and larger lens openings didn't change
the exposure. I finally flashed the shutter from the back, camera
open, and found that the shutter was only partly open when the flash
fired. The shutter toggle bar broke and I sent it to Argus for
repair. They ripped out my stuff and I had to make new
contacts. That toggle was a design defect.
DAW
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