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The '''Super Sport Dolly''' is a self-erecting [[folding]] camera for [[120 film]], produced in the late 1930s by the German maker [[Certo]] based in Dresden. The camera can make 4.5×6cm or 6×6cm images, by inserting the correct mask in the film chamber (either format requires a mask, which is combined with a pair of film rollers). Viewfinder and coupled rangefinder models were offered at the same time. There was a version of the camera which could also use 4.5×6 cm plates or a film-pack adapter. Finally, some models have a removable lens and shutter unit, allowing the use of an extension tube, or even exchangeable with a telephoto lens. | The '''Super Sport Dolly''' is a self-erecting [[folding]] camera for [[120 film]], produced in the late 1930s by the German maker [[Certo]] based in Dresden. The camera can make 4.5×6cm or 6×6cm images, by inserting the correct mask in the film chamber (either format requires a mask, which is combined with a pair of film rollers). Viewfinder and coupled rangefinder models were offered at the same time. There was a version of the camera which could also use 4.5×6 cm plates or a film-pack adapter. Finally, some models have a removable lens and shutter unit, allowing the use of an extension tube, or even exchangeable with a telephoto lens. | ||
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== Viewfinder model == | == Viewfinder model == | ||
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| + | |image_text= US Certo brochure page, c.1938, showing the viewfinder model.<br/>Scan by [[:Category: Image by rebollo_fr|rebollo_fr]] | ||
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| + | The '''viewfinder model''' has a folding [[Viewfinder#Telescopic finders|reverse-Galilean viewfinder]] on the side. It may have either front-cell focusing or unit focusing. These were the available lenses in a German brochure of about 1938:<ref name=GC38>Certo Brochure issued by Photo Schaja of Munich; similar but not identical to the English-language from which pages are shown here (but in German).</ref> | ||
| + | * With '''front-element''' focusing: | ||
| + | ** Anastigmat Certar 7.5cm f/4.5 with [[Pronto]] shutter | ||
| + | ** [[Friedrich]] Corygon 7.5cm f/3.5 with Compur shutter | ||
| + | ** [[Steinheil]] Cassar 7.5cm f/2.9 with Compur | ||
| + | * Listed in the US catalogue shown at right, but ''not'' in the above-mentioned catalogue: | ||
| + | ** [[Meyer]] Görlitz Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 with Compur (this is probably the most commonly-seen lens) | ||
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| + | * With '''helical''' focusing: | ||
| + | ** Schneider Xenar f/2.8 7.5cm (this is the five-element Xenar) with Compur. | ||
| + | ** [[Carl Zeiss]] Tessar f/2.8 7.5cm <ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/5173983323 Image by rebollo_fr]</ref> | ||
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| + | Although the German brochure states that the Tessar is available only with helical focusing, the example shown below has a front-element focusing one. | ||
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== Model C, for plates and rollfilm == | == Model C, for plates and rollfilm == | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 24 November 2011
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| Super Sport Dolly, 4.5×6cm and 6×6cm, coupled rangefinder Schneider Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8 lens, Compur-Rapid shutter. image by Nesster (Image rights) |
The Super Sport Dolly is a self-erecting folding camera for 120 film, produced in the late 1930s by the German maker Certo based in Dresden. The camera can make 4.5×6cm or 6×6cm images, by inserting the correct mask in the film chamber (either format requires a mask, which is combined with a pair of film rollers). Viewfinder and coupled rangefinder models were offered at the same time. There was a version of the camera which could also use 4.5×6 cm plates or a film-pack adapter. Finally, some models have a removable lens and shutter unit, allowing the use of an extension tube, or even exchangeable with a telephoto lens.
Viewfinder model
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| US Certo brochure page, c.1938, showing the viewfinder model. Scan by rebollo_fr (Image rights) |
The viewfinder model has a folding reverse-Galilean viewfinder on the side. It may have either front-cell focusing or unit focusing. These were the available lenses in a German brochure of about 1938:[1]
- With front-element focusing:
- Listed in the US catalogue shown at right, but not in the above-mentioned catalogue:
- Meyer Görlitz Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 with Compur (this is probably the most commonly-seen lens)
- With helical focusing:
- Schneider Xenar f/2.8 7.5cm (this is the five-element Xenar) with Compur.
- Carl Zeiss Tessar f/2.8 7.5cm [2]
Although the German brochure states that the Tessar is available only with helical focusing, the example shown below has a front-element focusing one.
  
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| Super Sport Dolly, 4.5×6cm and 6×6cm, viewfinder model with Tessar 7.5cm f/2.8 lens and Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Model C, for plates and rollfilm
The model C can take 4.5×6cm film plates too, via an insert on the back. There is a lever under the lens to adjust the position of the front standard for proper focusing when switching from one medium to the other.
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| Super Sport Dolly model C, viewfinder only, Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 lens, Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) | |
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| Super Sport Dolly model C outfit, with exposure masks, ground glass viewer and plate holders. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
 
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| Lever switching the focusing distance for plates or rollfilm. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Rangefinder model
The first (and more common) coupled rangefinder model has the rangefinder combined with a separate viewfinder and an extinction meter in a unit fastened on the side. The lens is either a Xenar or Tessar (uncoated); it always has unit focusing by a helical placed behind the shutter. The focus control is a lever above the shutter; the camera will only fold when this is close to infinity. The shutter release is still on the shutter.
   
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| Super Sport Dolly, 4.5×6cm and 6×6cm, coupled rangefinder, Tessar 7.5cm f/2.8 lens, Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
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| Certo catalogue, c.1938, showing the rangefinder model. (Image rights) |
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| Instruction manual for the Super Sport Dolly (front page). Picture by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Links
In French:
- Pages on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand:
- Super Sport Dolly, viewfinder only, Tessar 7.5cm f/2.8, Compur
- Super Sport Dolly model C, viewfinder only, Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9, Compur
- Super Sport Dolly model C, coupled rangefinder, Xenar 7.5cm f/2.8, Compur
Notes
- ↑ Certo Brochure issued by Photo Schaja of Munich; similar but not identical to the English-language from which pages are shown here (but in German).
- ↑ Image by rebollo_fr
