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− | The '''viewfinder model''' has a folding | + | The '''viewfinder model''' has a folding [[Viewfinder#Telescopic finders|reverse-Galilean viewfinder]] on the side and either front-cell focusing or unit focusing. It can make 6×6cm or, by changing the mask in the film chamber, 4.5×6cm exposures. Documented with the following lenses, all uncoated, and with front-element focusing: |
* [[Carl Zeiss]] Tessar f/2.8 7.5cm <ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/5173983323 Image by rebollo_fr]</ref> | * [[Carl Zeiss]] Tessar f/2.8 7.5cm <ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/5173983323 Image by rebollo_fr]</ref> | ||
+ | * [[Schneider]] Xenar f/2.8 7.5cm (this is the five-element Xenar) | ||
* [[Meyer]] Görlitz Trioplan f/2.9 7.5cm <ref>on-line auction</ref> | * [[Meyer]] Görlitz Trioplan f/2.9 7.5cm <ref>on-line auction</ref> | ||
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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.<br>Pictures by [[:Category: Image by eBayer Yalluflex|eBayer Yalluflex]]. {{with permission}}'' | |
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Revision as of 14:15, 24 November 2011
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. At least some models have a removable lens and shutter unit, exchangeable with a telephoto lens.
Viewfinder model
The viewfinder model has a folding reverse-Galilean viewfinder on the side and either front-cell focusing or unit focusing. It can make 6×6cm or, by changing the mask in the film chamber, 4.5×6cm exposures. Documented with the following lenses, all uncoated, and with front-element focusing:
- Carl Zeiss Tessar f/2.8 7.5cm [1]
- Schneider Xenar f/2.8 7.5cm (this is the five-element Xenar)
- Meyer Görlitz Trioplan f/2.9 7.5cm [2]
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) |
Certo catalogue, c.1938, showing the viewfinder model. (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.
Super Sport Dolly model C, viewfinder only, Trioplan 7.5cm f/2.9 lens, Compur shutter. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
Super Sport Dolly model C outfit, with exposure masks, ground glass viewer and plate holders. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
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.
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) |
Certo catalogue, c.1938, showing the rangefinder model. (Image rights) |
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
- ↑ Image by rebollo_fr
- ↑ on-line auction