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Post by gray1720 on Nov 5, 2023 13:49:19 GMT
I've never used a Retina Reflex, but the bottom mounted winder on the later Retinettes is very nice to use. I've also got a Balda Baldessa somewhere that has a bottom-mounted key to wind on by. Certainly makes more sense than some of the 1930s Kodaks that had the depth of field scale on the bottom plate!
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Post by zou on Nov 5, 2023 18:47:35 GMT
I played with one of the Cosina made Voigtländers that had an accessory trigger winder on its base. For a left eye shooter it's a much better proposition than thumb wind, I really liked it.
On the subject of awkward placing of info, it annoys me that my German made Rollei B35 has the feet focusing scale on the upper side of the lens and metres on the lower. Fine if you set scale focus but less useful if you aren't an imperial dinosaur AND you want to focus more precisely.
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Post by nickr on Nov 20, 2023 16:17:45 GMT
The Praktica V F had a party trick up it's sleeve, a built-in rapid winder located at the bottom plate. The Praktica IV has that as well. It seems to be a peculiarly German thing - the Kodak Retina Reflexes have the same arrangement, and Praktinas, cousins of the Praktica, had an accessory winder which attached to its motor winding lug (the camera had clockwork and electric motors available). Some years ago, I picked up 2 of the accessory wind-on levers as New Old Stock for next to nothing. One is still in the box, the other is on my FX - I've the clockwork motor on my IIA. Oh, and the original Canonet also has a bottom winder. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2023 8:11:33 GMT
I concede that I had lost the challenge as to which one of us has the lowest production numbers.  |
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Post by spinno on Nov 21, 2023 8:41:17 GMT
I concede that I had lost the challenge as to which one of us has the lowest production numbers. Does making a pinhole camera out of a bean tin count as production? Just saying |
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 21, 2023 8:45:46 GMT
The Praktica IV has that as well. It seems to be a peculiarly German thing - the Kodak Retina Reflexes have the same arrangement, and Praktinas, cousins of the Praktica, had an accessory winder which attached to its motor winding lug (the camera had clockwork and electric motors available). Some years ago, I picked up 2 of the accessory wind-on levers as New Old Stock for next to nothing. One is still in the box, the other is on my FX - I've the clockwork motor on my IIA. Oh, and the original Canonet also has a bottom winder. The canonet bottom winder is more like a trigger wind. |
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Post by nickr on Nov 21, 2023 10:39:16 GMT
Some years ago, I picked up 2 of the accessory wind-on levers as New Old Stock for next to nothing. One is still in the box, the other is on my FX - I've the clockwork motor on my IIA. Oh, and the original Canonet also has a bottom winder. The canonet bottom winder is more like a trigger wind. Yes, it's basically a leverwind with a fold-out trigger-like extension. I do like the camera, even if it is rather big and heavy for a compact. |
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