[rollei_list] Re: The Studio Rollei
- From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:02:53 -0700
J. Laderberg,
Don't be silly! 122 film was not expensive, just about impossible to
find.. I used a lot of cut down 4x5 and 9x12cm
loaded single shot in the darkroom.
Jerry Lehrer
Jerry Laderberg wrote:
122 film should have been freely available then - perhaps expensive .
Well come to think of it, in 1945 war time rationing of such a large
size roll might have been the norm.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:15 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: The Studio Rollei
Marc,
Most everything correct, but the school was The Bronx High School of
Science. (Of which Eric Goldstein was an alumnus). I came
to La Jolla, California to get away from snow and to marry the
beautiful and wealthy Dawn Rutherford. (who was instantly disinherited
when we married).
The Studio Rollei was liberated from F&H by a Canadian soldier who
rented a room in my family's apartment in NY. He offered me a
Leica, an Automatic Rolleiflex and the lowest price one which was the
9x9 Studio. It took 122 film which was not readily available in
1945. I paid him $75 for it. The other cameras were $300 each! In
1945 dollars.
Jerry Lehrer
Marc James Small wrote:
Jerry Lehrer and I have been discussing this, by now, for almost two
decades.
Franke & Heidecke made a couple of "TLR's on Steroids" in the
1930's. These are acutely rare, to be polite. Jerry obtained one in
the 1940's but shortly thereafter was chased to the West Coast for
reasons which remain obscure, and which modesty forbids me from
mentioning: perhaps it was merely filthy lucre or perhaps those
rumors that he was to be hauled before the House Un-American
Activities Committee might have some weight behind them? <he
grins: my own fight with the Virginia State Bar trumps any of
Jerry's problems in explaining his youthful membership in the Young
People's Socialist League at the Brooklyn High School For Those With
Special Needs, or whatever they are calling it noiw.)
In any event, Jerry has lost track of his Studio Rollei and I simply
have to remind him on occasion that if he ever recovers it, I want
the serial numbers. Shucks, Bob Pins has a standing offer of a
grand for such a camera and you can trump that five or ten-fold today.
Jerry, I appreciate your membership on the List and I hope that you
accept my ribbing you in the spirit in which it is given. You are
our senior member, I believe, and your contributions are really worthy.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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