[rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:34:54 -0500
Worlds of difference between the Summar and the Summitar, now
PJ Nebergall
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:07:10 -0700 Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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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