Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perfex, another poor name from the annals of American photo design created the 'One-O-One', the 'Twenty Two', the 'Thirty Three', the Forty Four' and the 'Fifty Five' but also never quite made it to the 'Five, Fifty Five'... I think we must understand that this ficticious camera was therefore somewhat mystical! .................. Also, according to the story, HCB preferred the quiet Leica because "it has no mirror". Granted, Exactas were around during WWII, but, I believe Exacta mirrors were not designed to flip up on shutter release. So, mirror noise did not become an issue for another decade or two. However, in High School the Perfex 55 was my first rangefinder 35mm camera. My Dad had his 1941 Perfex repaired so I could learn with a "real camera". It was said to accept leica sm lenses but the thread pitch was not the same. It was a quiet focal plane shutter camera. Bill Lawlor