[rollei_list] Re: Rolleimot
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:04:12 -0300
John:
I have no info about the exact cause Rollei manufactured the
Rolleimot. Before to have Prochnow books, I had read on the Rolleimot
in an article written by the well known Italian Rollei collector
Angelo Derqui, he wrote the Rolleimot was made to be used for
situations where the photographer presence was not suitable or to take
photographs in risky or difficult access sites. Prochnow writes a
technical explanation on the Rolleimot working, f.e. the Rolleimot for
the 150 magazine and for the SL 66 have stronger springs than the
"normal" Rolleimot 1.
It seems that Rolleimots had some type of problem with the film
transport and it was necessary to disconnect them to start again, they
were noisy too much too and according Report 2 these issues caused
very low Rolleimot sales for 1969 and it was discontinued. It does not
look they were used at factory to test cameras, but I'm not sure about
it.
Carlos
2010/4/5 John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Elias,
>
> I believe that this 'mechanism' was originally designed to test the
> cameras in the factory. Previously the 'test to destruction' had been
> carried out by an employee with sore fingers. 100,000(?)cycles was a lot
> of repetitive strain injury. Hence some automatic way was devised and
> then these were later manufactured and sold as an accessory.
>
> I am sure Carlos will have more information.
>
> John
>
>
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> eBay item 380219798432
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> Maybe one of the silliest rollei attachments ever - but fascinating just
> the same. Is there an application F&H didn't try to make their cameras
> useful for?
> To follow up on previous discussions about whether or not Rolleiflexes
> were aimed at amateur or professional, it seems a fine job was done
> straddling the divide, and this is one very good example.
>
> Happy Easter Rolleios!
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