[rollei_list] Re: Rolleimot
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:52:18 -0700
I did see the remote:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7YCYTkFybJY/S7-MO7F2SsI/AAAAAAAAAaM/5Wgbe2NXChA/s1600/Rolleimot+1+a.jpg
So it would appear that this was really a motor drive more than anything
else. Wonder if anyone actually bought one for use? I mean, to take this to
a sporting event or a place where you would need to take consecutive photos
would be silly considering the size. Any idea of the number of photos per
second this allowed? Maybe 1 fps?
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Carlos. OK. But you would still need a LONG Remote Control Wire. So
> I would imagine Rollei must have made them at one time and you would have
> had to ask for them to be fabricated to the length needed. Do you know what
> the maximum allowable length of those cords would be? Any idea where they
> were actually employed in use outside of Rollei's testing them before
> putting them on the shelf? To me it still seems like an expensive solution
> looking for a problem.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:37 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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