[rollei_list] Re: OT Walz lenses
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:00:22 -0500
It is the metered Sears Tower 65. The lenses are surprisingly good, and
the viewfinder image is VERY bright. Meter almost accurate -- If I
compensate for age, can even be used. I've had the box 15 years, and
meter was accurate when I got it. Lens is Walzer 3.5/75... (are you
saying Nitto K didn't make this one...?) Box is as good as my Yashicamat
124G -- and vaguely easier to use....
Did Nitto Kogaku do anything else? Is Walz just a brand name from way
back when the Japanese had to pretend to be Germans in order to sell
cameras?
P.J. Nebergall
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 23:27:19 +0000 (GMT) Carlos Manuel Freaza
<cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> All Walz TLR cameras had Nitto Kogaku lenses
> -S-Kominar 3.5/75 four elements, a Tessar copy
> probably or a Kominar 3.5/75 three elements, - and the
> exception is the rare Metered Walzflex with Walzer
> 3.5/75 lens, this is identical to the American "Sears
> Tower 65" that Walz made for Sears Tower; it seems
> Walz decided to sell some "Sears Tower 65" that had in
> stock to deliver to Sears Tower using their own brand
> name for some reason, some business problem with Sears
> Tower, anyway I assume that the Walzer 3.5/75 is also
> an S-Kominar made by Nitto Kogaku because Walz did not
> manufacture lenses:
>
> http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/slides/Walzflex%20Meter.html
>
> All the best
> Carlos
>
>
>
> --- Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> > Who can tell me about lenses by Walz?
> >
> > I have a "Tower" TLR, semicoupled selenium meter,
> > "Walz Camera Co" lenses
> > on both holes, Copal shutter... made in japan,
> > clearly evokes Minolta
> > Autocord and Yashica... but focuser is
> > Rollei/Yashica type...
> >
> > Who made the glass? It's sharp and contrasty.
> >
> > PJ Nebergall
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