Re: [Rollei] Rollei 9 x 9

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh >]

Todd

It seems strange for you to be asking me about any
Rollei, as I consider you as the pre-eminent authority.

The 9x9 was just like the Old Standard R'flex. Red
window on back to start film (whenever I could find
122 film in 1945/6).   No bayonets at all (though the
Canadian ex-GI left a rifle bayonet in the room he
rented from my parents).  The camera did not  have
a take-up spool, so I had to find TWO rolls of 122
to start with.  Eventually I used cut up strips of aero
film which was common on the surplus market.
Developement was difficult as there were no tanks
that size.  I had to take the films to the localdrug store
who sent them for developement.  I enlarged them
on a friends 4x5 Solar enlarger..

Jerry

Todd Belcher wrote:

> Jerry,
>
> So is the 9 x 9 more like a Rolleicord? Or is the camera just lacking the film
> feeler? Perhaps it would have generated too much torque on the gears to be
> pulling the film through the feelers with the longer crank arm?
>
> Did the 9 x 9 have bayonets? What size were they? I know the 9 x 9 was basically
> in the prototype stage, but do you know if Rollei made any accessories for the
> camera? Basic ones like a lens shade?
>
> todd
>
> Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
> > Austin
> >
> > Get real!  How can I explain why someone
> > is NOT doing something?  Could it be a
> > matter of patents?
> >
> > Frankly, I do not care if others do, or do not
> > use that system.  As long as it works in all my
> > 6x6 TLRs.  The 9x9 has a red window though.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Austin Franklin wrote:
> >
> > > It's a nice system, but if it worked so well, perhaps you could explain why
> > > others aren't using it?
> > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > Unreliable?  Bullshit!  I have used Automats
> > > > since 1947 with all emulsions, and never had a
> > > > problem.  Besides, it's the paper backing, plus
> > > > the film, plus the tape, that triggers the system.
> > > >
> > > > Jerry
> > > >
> > > > John.Kot  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It was stated somewhere that the 'Automat' film transport with
> > > > the roller to
> > > > > sense the start of the film was abandoned as a conscious
> > > > decision by Rollei
> > > > > as it was unreliable with the thinner emulsions of some modern
> > > > films.  Is
> > > > > this true, or was it simply that Rollei wanted to reduce the cost of
> > > > > manufacture?
> > > > >
> > > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >

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