[rollei_list] Re: Rolleimot
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 17:37:08 -0300
Peter:
The Rolleimot does not work the way you wrote below. The
only long cord is the Remote Control wire, in fact the Rolleimot
provides automatic shutter release via a short cable and automatic
film advance, the images in eBay are confusing because they "cut" the
short shutter release cable and then it seems two different cables.
BTW, being the power an internal source, within the Rolleimot body,
you can't see it, I uploded these two Rolleimot images, with camera
and without camera for a better understanding of its working:
http://itarphotos.blogspot.com/2010/04/rolleimot.html
In the second image you can see the Remote Control wire.
Carlos
2010/4/9 Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>:
> OK, that makes sense. But you would still need a long "wired" cable release
> to take a picture. So it was designed for very specific applications. Maybe
> that is why they never sold many (or perhaps gave them away to certain
> institutions).
>
> You can pick one up cheap at KEH (under $200) --->
> http://www.keh.com/Product-Details/1/RT16999025940I/RT16/FE.aspx
>
> Or a mint one on ebay for $1000. Item #380221806610 (nice photos here)
>
> BTW, there is nothing to show an internal power, just a gray cord which I
> would assume could be from a 6v source of Ds or AC Adapter. Still you would
> need a very long shutter release cord. So very limited use of this device. I
> would say it is a solution looking for a problem rather than the other way
> around. May be one reason why F&H went bankrupt. Stupidity in building
> things for a market too small to provide revenue and ignoring the market
> (like the Medium format SLR market they forgot about until 1962) that would
> make them money.
>
> --Peter K
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:26 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Peter:
>> I insist, the Rolleimot has a 6v motor, the energy is
>> provided using four D size batteries, this is an internal power
>> source, no other electricity is necessary, however it allowed to use a
>> transformer.
>> Rolleimot was manufactured along 6 years anyway, it costed DM 495 in
>> 1963, a Rolleicord Vb costed DM 360 in 1962 and a Rolleiflex T DM 555
>> in 1961, it was an expensive accesory.
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>> 2010/4/8 Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > My problem is you would have to have electricity in those dangerous
>> > areas.
>> > Something that is hardly doable.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> At 02:47 PM 4/8/2010, Peter K. wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The reason I am silent is that I work and travel. Do not always check
>> >>> this list. So I will say that I was perhaps wrong to call the
>> >>> Rolleimot a
>> >>> pig. The Rolleimot apparently had a "unique market" as you note. What
>> >>> market? Apparently no one really knows, but it must have been useful
>> >>> somewhere. You would need a long electric cord and a long remote cord,
>> >>> so go
>> >>> figure where this was applicable.
>> >>>
>> >>> As to Herr Prochnow. He was a nice man. I too corresponded with him,
>> >>> but
>> >>> would not call myself an expert because of that. Not sure why he did
>> >>> not
>> >>> return your emails, or those of Bob Shell. But he was quite accessible
>> >>> prior
>> >>> to his passing and I did write him on a number of occasions and
>> >>> received
>> >>> responses.
>> >>
>> >> Peter
>> >>
>> >> The Rolleimot was developed for technical applications in dangerous
>> >> areas.
>> >> Seems pretty clear to the rest of us. What problem do you have with
>> >> this
>> >> possibility?
>> >>
>> >> I only obtained an e-mail address for Prochnow several months before
>> >> his
>> >> death, and I suppose that is why he never replied to my missives. No
>> >> problem. Bob Shell wrote him at length by snail-mail a few times about
>> >> eight or nine years back and never got a response. For all I know, the
>> >> letters were lost in the mail.
>> >>
>> >> I was not complaining about my lack of direct contact with Prochnow: I
>> >> was simply noting that Carlos had a vibrant and rich exchange with
>> >> Prochnow
>> >> for many years, and I did not. And I now know that you had contact as
>> >> well.
>> >> As you properly note, there are only 24 hours a day, and all of us
>> >> fail to
>> >> push things with sufficient vigor until the time for doing so is past.
>> >> I
>> >> still have a dozen lens serial numbers to send Charlie Barringer -- and
>> >> it
>> >> is too late now to do this. I should have done it three weeks ago,
>> >> when it
>> >> might have made a difference, but I just could not find the Round Tuit.
>> >>
>> >> Marc
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>> >>
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