[rollei_list] Re: Spinning front taking lens and postings
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:00:25 -0800
Ruddy,
You think I am joking about the spinning lens elements?
In fact there was a line of Zeiss(?) lenses that had an
internal component that was deliberately spun by the action
of a pneumatic bulb and rubber air tubing. This was done to
permit uniform exposure an the film. Even Richard can
explain that.
Jerry
Ruddy Roye wrote:
> Ok?
> You know all I need is a straight forward, layman, 1,2,3 answer. I
> really do not know this stuff. And if it is going to save me a trip to
> the West Coast to find out that ?.. then this is why I ask people who
> are more knowledgeable about the stuff than I am.
> I know that there is a lot of the guys here with varying sense of
> humors, me, I rock with the punches. Sometimes a little thin skinned
> but I can rock with the best of them.
> However, when I am lost then things just don't come across for me, for
> instance, I play trombone, not piano
> and I suffer from vertigo so I hate spinning.
>
> So again I would be obliged if someone has ever experienced a spinning
> front element on their camera.
> On Dec 28, 2005, at 1:42 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Dec 27, 2005 9:16 PM
> >> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Spinning front taking lens and postings
> >>
> >> At 11:30 PM 12/27/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >>> In a message dated 12/27/2005 11:04:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >>> dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >>> At 10:52 PM 12/27/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >>>> Yes it is the front element.
> >>>> But two cameras, in two different places. One is mounted on a
> >>>> flash bracket the other I have in my bag. they are both rotating.
> >>>
> >>> Are you able to stop them with your finger? If so, the force is weak
> >>> and you can ignore it.
> >>>
> >>> If you can't stop them with your fingers, you need more advanced
> >>> advice from Richard.
> >
> > Get off the piano stool, things will stop spinning.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Richard Knoppow
> > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Los Angeles, CA, USA
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