[rollei_list] Re: Serial No's

  • From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:07:10 -0700

Richard,

The Kodak lens used on both versions of the Kardon
was the same 47mm f2.0 Ektar as used on the Bantam
Special. It was far superior to the contemporaneous
Leitz Summar or Summitar.

The Reid's lens was superb without a doubt!

Jerry

Richard Knoppow wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 8:29 PM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
>
> >I was just about to write that the British Reid was a far
> >superior engineered camera than the early Leica's by far.
> > I am glad that you have provided good documentation
> > reinforcing that very point; as I am sure some people
> > would not have taken kindly to me saying that as they have
> > elevated Leica and Ansel Adams to a point where any thing
> > other than reverance is considered blashpemy.
> >
> > Back to the point; the Reid is silky smooth and each knurl
> > is as it should be. The Reid makes the Leica handle like a
> > Zorki, crude but functional.
> >
> > The British Reid was manufactured by an aircraft
> > manufacturer I think Hawker Sidley, so they were able to
> > work to the highest tollerances.
> >
> > Not only was the Reid over engineered! the design was
> > rendered redundant as the Germans bought out the M series
> > I think 5 years later.
> >
> > As a practical tool in the hands of the British
> > photographer I think the price would have made them
> > inacssesible as British cameras both domestically
> > manufactured and imported were notouriously expernsive at
> > that time.
> >
> > Remember Photography is FUN ?
>
>    Also, the lenses used on the Reid were made by Taylor,
> Taylor, and Hobson. TT&H lenses were excellent. TT&H Speed
> Panchro were the standard lenses for Hollywood until B&L
> began to give them some compitition after the war. Also,
> TT&H designed the retrofocus lenses for the Technicolor
> three-strip camera.
>    I think Kodak made the lenses for the Kardan. Both were
> capable of making lenses at least equal to Leitz.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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