Contura correction

[P3D Derek Gee <73157.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>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)
 
Then I wrote:
>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...

Then Alan wrote:
>Derek, I don't know if it was the prototype Contura you were referring
>to, but the Contura Stereo Cameras DO have an f4 aperture setting.  The
>camera manual for the Contura does erroneously skip f4 in listing the
>apertures, but the close up picture alongside the text clearly shows the
>"4" on the lens barrel right where it belongs --- between the "2.7" and
>"5.6" indicators.
 
OK, I confess, I wrote this up from a fax of the Contura manual provided
to me by the prototype camera's owner.  When I asked him for the specs,
he cheerfully offered to fax it to me.  The manual says it doesn't have
a f4, and the picture next to it is illegible on my fax. So I stand corrected,
the Contura does have an f4!  So how in the heck did you know this Alan?
Are you a member of the secret Contura owner society??  ;) ;)

                                     Derek Gee
                                     73157.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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