Difference between revisions of "Flexaret VII"
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Winding the camera transports the film and cocks the shutter at the same time. It takes quite a lot of force to wind this camera. In principle, there's no danger of double exposures with this system. There is however, a way to make double exposures: On the right hand side of the camera it has a button that glides up to cock the shutter without transporting the film. | Winding the camera transports the film and cocks the shutter at the same time. It takes quite a lot of force to wind this camera. In principle, there's no danger of double exposures with this system. There is however, a way to make double exposures: On the right hand side of the camera it has a button that glides up to cock the shutter without transporting the film. | ||
| − | One of the few ways to distinguish an Flexaret VII from a [[Flexaret VI]] is the maker of the shutter: the VII has a | + | One of the few ways to distinguish an Flexaret VII from a [[Flexaret VI]] is the maker of the shutter: the VII has a Pentacon Prestor shutter with a top speed of 1/500s whereas the VI has a Metax shutter with a top speed of 1/400s. |
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Revision as of 12:05, 27 April 2006
Flexaret VII
The Flexaret VII is the last in a series of TLR cameras made by Meopta (and its predecessors)in the former Czechoslowakia. It's a fully mechanical camera with an all-metal body. It has a solid feel to it and offers lots of features not normally found on TLR cameras.
For example: you can set the lightvalue on a mechanical ring. This sets a series combinations of shutter speeds and diaphragms. When you decide you need to stop down the lens a little more, there's no need to choose the shutterspeed any more. So far, the only time I've encountered this feature was on a Hasselblad lens.
Transport and shutter
Winding the camera transports the film and cocks the shutter at the same time. It takes quite a lot of force to wind this camera. In principle, there's no danger of double exposures with this system. There is however, a way to make double exposures: On the right hand side of the camera it has a button that glides up to cock the shutter without transporting the film.
One of the few ways to distinguish an Flexaret VII from a Flexaret VI is the maker of the shutter: the VII has a Pentacon Prestor shutter with a top speed of 1/500s whereas the VI has a Metax shutter with a top speed of 1/400s.
