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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/walz/walz.htm Walz Electric 1.8 manual] at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | * [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/walz/walz.htm Walz Electric 1.8 manual] at [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org] | ||
| + | *[https://www.photo.net/forums/topic/408171-an-unknown-quality/ Walz Electric thread] at the [https://www.photo.net/forums/ Photo.net Forums] | ||
| + | *[https://lichtgriff.de/walz-electric/ Walz Electric review] at [https://lichtgriff.de/ Lichtgriff] (in German) | ||
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| Walz Electric 18 image by David Broglin (Image rights) |
The Walz Electric is a 35 mm rangefinder with a coupled selenium cell that was sold in the early 60's by the Japanese company Walz. It was available with a 1.8/45 mm or a 2.8/45 mm Kominar lens and is fitted with a Copal SV shutter. It was sold in the USA under the brand Lafayette.
The shutter allows speeds from B, 1s up to 1/1000s. The aperture ring is coupled to the shutter speed ring in order to keep the same EV when changing shutter speed. It has a very high resemblance to the Minolta AL cosmetically as well as technically. Its shutter is probably not fully synchronized up to 1/1000s because it doesn't open fully at that speed - at least not at large apertures. This is true for almost all super fast leaf shutters.
Links
- Walz Electric 1.8 manual at Butkus.org
- Walz Electric thread at the Photo.net Forums
- Walz Electric review at Lichtgriff (in German)
