Re: Swing Lens cameras from 1974

[ralph fuerbringer <rof@xxxxxxx>]

russian cameras..white house.. are you in for a rough awakening.  the famous
photos of jfkjr and his mother in black at the president's funeral were shot
with the 500mm grand prix lens designed by matsutoff(can't spell his
name)the first solid state mirror lens  introduced at the world's fair in 58
and made in russia. the life photographer followed her all day at a discreet
distance.  the photos caused such a sensation that 500's world wide were
snapped up by photojournalists and it
was quite a while before you could get one. all the other lens manufactures
copied this technology.  the day world war 11 ended the russians snapped up
the jena zeiss works though
fortunately some of the best innovators including bertelli escaped to our
troops . regards, ralph

> From: clothier <clothier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:24:08 +1200
> To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Swing Lens cameras from 1974
> 
> At 08:55 AM 7/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> Hi there, I'm coming in a bit late on this but my Horozont was built in
> 1970, and the factory had been producing them since around 1967 to the best
> of my memory. I'm sure there were some around the Whitehouse on that
> fateful day..Hmmmm?? Russian camera on lawns of America's most sacred
> lawn?  No disrespect meant to anyone..Kiwis just have a wierd sense of
> humour.  Cheers   Julian Clothier
> 
> 
>> Richard, I am sure I have seen images from the Nixon era that have been shot
>> on panorama cameras well before the last day.  You might check to see.  The
>> ones I am thinking of were made on 35mm film and had the feel of a swing
>> lens camera.  I can get you the image numbers if you need them.
>> Joe McCary
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Richard Schneider <richard.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 10:26 AM
>> Subject: Swing Lens cameras from 1974
>> 
>> 
>>> What swing-lens panoramic cameras were available in 1974? I assume the
>> Widelux was on the market - which model might it have been?
>