Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] Quick release plates
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Thu Feb 1 18:49:41 2007
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Marc,

Nah! Leitz had the SDOOG system in 1936.

Jerry


Marc James Small wrote:
> At 12:51 PM 2/1/2007, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>
> >
> >I do have a Rolleifix for my Rolleiflex.
> >Marc is that the first quick release system of any kind?
>
> Wow.  That IS an interesting question.  To my knowledge, yes, the 
> Rolleifix was the first quick-release system in the marketplace.  I 
> would have to look it up in my copy of Prochnow, currently 
> inaccessible due to a dog sleeping between to stacks of boxes of 
> books.  The Rolleifix was certainly being made at least by 1958.
>
> Marc
>
>
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