[rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:49:26 -0800
Richard,
Heiland, King Sol, Abbey and Mendelsohn all made solenoid
synchronizers for the Auto Rollei. They all required cutting a slot
in the shutter housing for the added release lever.
Jerry
Richard Knoppow wrote:
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> From: "Peter J Nebergall" <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:40 AM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
>
> >
> >
> > I just bought another old automat, with a coated tessar,
> > but the camera
> > is wierd. It is a Carl Zeiss f3.5 tessar, so I suspect
> > the lens is way
> > too new? Lens# 1192124. Shutter is Compur-Rapid, rather
> > than
> > synchro-compur. Not a jena or an Opton...
> >
> > 1101153 body #.
> >
> > Viewing lens is uncoated. Has no info. Camera has added
> > synch, dead
> > center bottom, and something that looks like a kalart
> > synch. Camera
> > shows sign of having been repainted.
> >
> > Made from pieces? Re-lensed later? What have I got here?
> >
> > Peter Nebergall
> >
> The lens dates from about 1930. If I interpret Prochnow
> right the first Rollei with an f/3.5 Tessar was the "old"
> Standard, which appeared in November, 1934. This has a
> Compur-Rapid shutter. Its possible a lens four years old
> might have been used. The earlier model Standards had either
> f/4.5 or f/3.8 lenses and a different type of Compur.
> The first Automat appeared in August, 1937. These have
> Compur-Rapid shutters.
> The serial numbers of the last Automat before WW-2 run
> from 805,000 to 1,099,999. The last of these camras was made
> in September 1949. The pre-war cameas had Zeiss Tessars,
> post war cameras also may have Opton Tessars or Xenars.
> The serial number applies to a post-war Automat model
> made from October, 1949 to May, 1951. According to Prochnow,
> these were supplied with Jena Tessars, Opton Tessars, and
> Xenars. The serial number series begins at 1,100,000
> Early Automats did not have flash synch. Many were
> modified to take an electromagnetic solenoid type
> synchronizer. These generally were mounted on the front
> panel with thumb screws so as to be removable and operated
> the shutter by means of the cable release socket. A similar
> mounting arrangement was used on both old and new Standard
> models but with a modification that added a short release
> lever to the shutter in addition to the normal lever. Most
> of these solenoids were made by Heiland.
> AFAIK, Kalart never made a solenoid type synchonizer.
> They offered a mechanical delay synchronizer. These were in
> the form of a cable release with the delay unit near the
> operating end. they were designed to plug into the Kalart
> flashgun. They certainly could have been used on Rolleiflex
> or Rolleicord cameras but would not require any modification
> of the camera.
> Could you post pictures of the camera, perhaps to the
> Rollei Gallery?
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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