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Contura question answered

Bob asked:
>RE: Derek Gee description of Contura. This is very interesting as I had
>not heard of the camera before this recent discussion. Is the f/4
>missiong from the lens opening series or is that a typo? BobH
>(you went from f/2.7 to 5.6. (The highest speed of 1/100 seems to be
>retrograde to Realist f/2.8)
 
That's no typo, Bob.  There is no f4!  I was also shocked by the 1/100
top speed.  But since the films of the time were so slow, maybe it
wasn't a big deal then...
 
                                   Derek Gee
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