Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1469

[P3D Bob Howard <bobh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RE: John B. ASA flash connector. Predecessor to the PC Connection?

Nicht Wahr! John..or is it Au Contrare? The ASA bayonet I think is at 
least contempory with the earliest PC contact, and was designed to be an 
improvement, as not flimsey and fussy. But tiny is preferable to sturdy 
I guess so the ASA didn't stick around. I think the ASA was only on post 
war Medalists and Chevrons and Kodak Shutters. The German PC could have 
been wartime or just prewar, but we didn't see it until afterward. (Like 
the Leitz Summitar lens of 1940 was not seen here until 1946 or so.)
Being an original old fossil, I will have to repro some of the member 
lists of McKay's Stereo Guild and PSA Stereo awards of the '50s to see 
how many others are still around? BobH
(by the way PC is not personal computer but stands for Prontor-Compur 
connection. More thought it meant pretty crummy!)


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