[rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:44:15 -0700
Nick,
The truth is that the Ektra was OVER designed, but UNDER engineered,
which is the opposite of the Reid. (Why do I always try to spell it the
German way, Ried?) My spellcheck corrects me.
Jerry
Nick Roberts wrote:
> --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:21 AM
> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Serial No's
> >
> >
> > > Nick,
> > >
> > > The Bantam Special and it's Ektar came out in
> > 1936. The
> > > Kodak Ektra came out in 1941, but was shown at the
> > NY
> > > Worlds Fair in 1940. When my father picked up the
> > demo
> > > camera at the Kodak Pavilion, he quickly put it
> > down with
> > > a muted "ach!". It was a left handed camera,
> > designed by
> > > a southpaw. Vastly over designed, but with
> > terrible
> > > ergonomics.
> > > He bought the Super Kodak Six-20, instead.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> >
> > The Ektra is a strange camera. Its ergonomics are
> >
> > certainly odd, something I've found is common on
> > Kodak
> > cameras. It had a lot of good features:
> > interchangible
> > backs, outstanding lenses, an excellent rangefinder
> > and
> > automatic parallax correction for the viewfinder.
> > I've also
> > been told by those who worked on them that the
> > shutter
> > mechanism was not reliable.
> > Its difficult to know what would have happened to
> > the
> > Ektra if it had been marketed at a different time.
> > As it was
> > it came out just before the outbreak of WW-2 and was
> >
> > discontinued shortly after being announced. It was
> > also
> > expensive. It would be interesting to know more
> > about how
> > the Ektra came into existence.
> >
> > ---
> > Richard Knoppow
> > Los Angeles, CA, USA
> > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
> Exactly. I'm aware of these general facts - I first
> becane aware of the camera after buying a copy of a
> Focal book called "35mm" - a wartime (to us in the UK,
> anyway!) book listing 3 major system rangefinders -
> Leica, Contax and Extra. It's clear that Kodak were
> onto something, but the shutter problems, price and
> probably the end of the war put paid to it - well,
> that's my speculation, I would be interested in the
> truth.
>
> Nick
>
>
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