Re: Hulcherama, the continuing story

[Sam Welch <rainbow@xxxxxxxxx>]

My Hulcherama is numbered 64. It is the older 6 Volt system. (New system is
12 Volt)    Works very well.
A separate gear set is required for each different lens (Generally, a few
exceptions.) The three different rollers are for close distance, medium
distance and infinity.
The Cameras are neat to use, I enjoy mine very much.
Sam Welch
----- Original Message -----
From: Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gary beasley <garyb@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 10:38 AM
Subject: Hulcherama, the continuing story


> Okay, got some more info about this specific Hulcherama:
>
> 1) Serial number '62', hence indeed a very early model....any
> indication of age, or possible things to check in specific?
>
> 2) Fixed Mamiya 35mm lens (645 system of course)....what would a
> conversion cost for a) an universal Mamiya 645 lens plate, and b)
> generic lensplate cq one dedicated to Kowa 6x6?
>
> 3) most interesting: shutter range 1/120s till 4s....this is a 2 stop
> shift compared to the current 1/500 till 1s, in (for me) a positive
> direction....is this related to a slower rotation speed, or a larger
> slit width?
>
> 4) three 'rollers' included, for different object-distances [this is
> new to me....are these part of the (moving) mechanism, or
> what?....they seem to be easy/fast to change, unlike the gear-trains
> for different focal lengths....
> I thought only focal lenght required different internal dynamics,
> not? (speed of angular rotation vs speed film transport)
> If pan-technically speaking necessary, how is this solved on the
> Super Roundshot?
>
> Willem (one fool can ask more than 10 wise men can answer) Jan
>
>
> --
> Bye,
>
> Willem-Jan Markerink
>
>
>       The desire to understand
> is sometimes far less intelligent than
>      the inability to understand
>
>
> <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
>