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[photo-3d] Re: evolving technology (was manual fed)

  • From: CanterMike@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: [photo-3d] Re: evolving technology (was manual fed)
  • Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:48:00 EDT
In Digest 296 Brian Reynolds writes, in part:

<< To be fair to the Realist most cameras of that time period do not
 automatically cock the shutter or have double exposure prevention.
 You were expected to pay attention to what you were doing. >>

Most 35mm cameras of the '50's (and certainly all "quality" cameras, 
like Leica, Contax, Nikon, Canon) had both of those features.  Even 
many pre-war designs had them...thats what was "automatic" about 
the Rollieflex: it automaticly tensioned the shutter as you wound the film.


Mike Canter