[Leica] Re: 6x9 camera

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

Vick,

The Medalist has an interlock, as memory serves (I briefly owned a Medalist
1, which I returned to the vendor because the lens was defective).  You
don't have to use a little hole in the back, as it advances to the next
frame without it.  The camera has a separate viewfinder and split-image
rangefinder, one above the other in immediate proximiity to each other, not
unlike using a screwmount Leica, but with a vertical rather than a
horizontal orientation.  They are built like tanks.  I found respooling to
be a pain, but if I could find one in good shape that had been adapted to
120 film, I'd give it serious consideration.  The lens is a Heliar design
and has an extremely good reputation.

Mark

On 7/15/06, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Lawrence,
>
> Did the Medalist have an interlock between the film advance and shutter
> being cocked?
>
> And how did it manage how far to advance the film?  By a little hole in
> the
> back?
>
> regards
> Vick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Lawrence Zeitlin
> Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 3:43 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Re: 6x9 camera
>
> ...snip
>
> If anyone is really curious about the 6x9 cm negative size but does not
> want
> to spring for a big buck Fuji, you might try to find a Kodak Medalist II.
>
>
>
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