Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: North American Blackout
From: "Joseph Codispoti" <joecodi@clearsightusa.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:10:33 -0700
References: <133.23eb54ef.2c703b53@aol.com>

The best Polaroid models were the 180 and 195. Both had the Zeiss view-range
finder as well as German lenses and conventional shutters with speeds from
1sec to 1/500 if I remember correctly.

An outfit by the name of Four Square, somewhere in California modifies older
Pola cameras to take pack film.

Joe


From: <Afterswift@aol.com>


> The 450 has an excellent Zeiss view-rangefinder, if I recall correctly. In
any
> case, it was first rate.
> I have my 450 well protected in its own system case and ready to go the
> moment that digital back is available -- if I live that long. The 450 used
> Waterhouse stops on a disk that rotated via a dial wheel. I think there's
an outfit
> that still repairs pack models.





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