[rollei_list] Re: Rollei accessories vintage?
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:35:21 -0500
At 03:10 PM 10/26/2011, Richard Knoppow wrote:
One difference was in the way the leader was trimmed. Leica cameras
loaded from the bottom so the film had to be slipped down into the
gate. The leader had a tongue of film with the long side facing the
bottom of the camera. Contax cameras had a removable back and the
leader was cut as a tongue of film centered symmetrically in order
to fit the slot on the take up spool. For a time 35mm film was sold
in cassettes to fit either pattern, other 35mm cameras being made to
take one or the other. I am not sure what differences there were in
the cassettes themselves. Both Leica and Zeiss sold trimmers to cut
bulk film to the right shape.
The reloadable cassettes sold by the two companies are not
compatible because the light tight shutters are actuated
differently. Nikon uses Contax style cassettes, Canon I think uses Leica style.
Does anyone remember those bulk reel packages that had the leader
already cut to shape? Seems to me there were about 5-6 36 exposure
loads in the package. The leader was on one edge which included some
sprocket holes.
That was about the time after the 2.8C came out, around 1954. I
remember because I bought a 2.8C and ALL the fixings in Hong Kong*,
however I didn't load or process any film at home until I got out of
the Navy and off the ship. I remember those loads as a great
bargain. Do I remember correctly or is this just my imagination?
DAW
*What a bargain there at that time.
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