Re: "Torpedo Camera?"

[aa688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (William Franko)]

Reply to message from clothier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx of Sun, 28 Feb
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>Kia ora list, Gidday from New Zealand.
>Nice to see we are starting to become human again eh?
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>Can someone please inform me just what a "Torpedo Camera" is and where I may
>find a reference etc. I've looked up various camera collecting refenece
>books and don't seem to be able to find any info at all. Maybe someone has a
>website with a picture . Also the Lab/shop I work in has a Fuji 617 mint

	The torpedo camera is an English from the late 30's or early
40's. They were built for the US military forces during the second
world war by Russell and Voight in 12 & 24 v models. The format was
2 1/4x 7 1/8 on 120film. The film just had a longer leader but was
standard high speed film of the day. The shutter was a horizontal
blind shutter with a speed of 1/100 th of a second. The len may have
been a Ross f/4 or F/4.5 , 120 to 125mm fl. The film magazines are
removeable and are used today to make 5x7 cameras into pans.
	Durning the 50's Burke & James in Chicago sold them as is or
converted them to manual use with wa Dagor lenses
	The outfit came in a wooden box with the camera , 2 backs,
ground glass focuser and aircraft mount.
	In use a photo was taken the instant that the torpedo was
dropped and an interpetetion was made from the print as to the sucess
of the drop. The film took 50+ seconds to advance to the next frame.
There were 4 shots to a roll.......................
	bill.................


>cond for sale and I replied directly to Steve Cook's list mail request the
>other day with info etc. Thanks for any help re above. Julian.
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