[rollei_list] Re: [rollei_list]
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 08:31:23 -0600
there is a slot cut, and a lever...
PJ Nebergall
On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:49:26 -0800 Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 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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