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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
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
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.
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.
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
- ↑ 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