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The '''RPS 2024 Superautomatic Vertical Camera''' is a floor-standing [[repro camera]] for 20x24-inch (51&times;61cm) [[large format]] sheet film. It closely resembles the cameras in [[Agfa]]'s [[Repromaster]] range, but has more electronics, giving 208 built-in exposure programs for various tasks.<ref name=NA>The camera is offered in a [http://nladams.com/ch_supp.pdf 1985 catalogue for Charrette] (drawing-office and reprographics supplies) at [http://nladams.com/index.shtml Nancy Adams]' website (she wrote some of the catalogue copy).</ref> <!-- Don't know where this came from: I am adding different numbers with a ref. D McA Feb 2015  It can reproduce formats up to DIN A1 format (59.4&times;84.1cm).-->It has a 24x32-inch copyboard, with fluorescent lamps for backlighting, and with a built-in vacuum pump to hold the copy material flat.<ref name=NA/> The camera was supplied with a 105 mm, 210 mm or 305 mm lens. Originals can be enlarged or reduced, to between 9% and 1100% of the original format (with the 105 mm lens; the longer lenses give smaller ranges). There is a built-in filter-wheel, as well as a filter drawer.
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The '''RPS 2024 Superautomatic Vertical Camera''' is a floor-standing [[repro camera]] for 20x24-inch (51&times;61cm) [[large format]] sheet film. It closely resembles the cameras in [[Agfa]]'s [[Repromaster]] range, but has more electronics, giving 208 built-in exposure programs for various tasks.<ref name=NA>The camera is offered in a [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307003330/http://nladams.com/ch_supp.pdf 1985 catalogue for Charrette] (drawing-office and reprographics supplies) at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308055953/http://nladams.com/index.shtml Nancy Adams]' website (archived) (she wrote some of the catalogue copy).</ref> <!-- Don't know where this came from: I am adding different numbers with a ref. D McA Feb 2015  It can reproduce formats up to DIN A1 format (59.4&times;84.1cm).-->It has a 24x32-inch copyboard, with fluorescent lamps for backlighting, and with a built-in vacuum pump to hold the copy material flat.<ref name=NA/> The camera was supplied with a 105 mm, 210 mm or 305 mm lens. Originals can be enlarged or reduced, to between 9% and 1100% of the original format (with the 105 mm lens; the longer lenses give smaller ranges). There is a built-in filter-wheel, as well as a filter drawer.
  
  

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The RPS 2024 Superautomatic Vertical Camera is a floor-standing repro camera for 20x24-inch (51×61cm) large format sheet film. It closely resembles the cameras in Agfa's Repromaster range, but has more electronics, giving 208 built-in exposure programs for various tasks.[1] It has a 24x32-inch copyboard, with fluorescent lamps for backlighting, and with a built-in vacuum pump to hold the copy material flat.[1] The camera was supplied with a 105 mm, 210 mm or 305 mm lens. Originals can be enlarged or reduced, to between 9% and 1100% of the original format (with the 105 mm lens; the longer lenses give smaller ranges). There is a built-in filter-wheel, as well as a filter drawer.


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  1. 1.0 1.1 The camera is offered in a 1985 catalogue for Charrette (drawing-office and reprographics supplies) at Nancy Adams' website (archived) (she wrote some of the catalogue copy).