[rollei_list] Re: Rolleimot
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:43:52 -0400
At 02:34 PM 4/10/2010, CarlosMFreaza wrote:
>I tend to agree with you Marc.
>The Rolleimagic was a last attempt to keep something of the amateur
>market that 35mm cameras were taking from Rollei, but the Prontor
>automatic shutter was prone to failure.
AGC (Albert Gauthier Calmbach) assembled the
Prontor shutters by using seasonal agricultural
laborers who were not needed in the
fields. Strapping blonde-haired German farmboys
with muscles made massive from swinging scythes
and driving teams of mules to plow the fields
(this being the 1950's). FW Deckel, on the other
hand, used dedicated long-hire
employees. Prontor shutters are notorious for
their unreliability. Compur shutters are
generally regarded as the finest mass-produced shutters yet made.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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