Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Montie. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Montie Talbert" <montoid at earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Early Flash Adaptation by E. Leitz N.Y. > Jim, you are a true blue Leicster! ;-) > > Montie > > >> My first Leica was bought, used, from Salem Camera Shop in Dayton, OH, in >> 1952. It was unusual, because it had been adapted for flashbulb >> synchronization by E. Leitz N.Y. Though I sold the flashgun to another >> list member, I still have the camera and synchronizer. >> >> The synchronizer is built into a special baseplate. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leica+IIIa+with+Flash+Synchronizer.jpg.html >> >> The wheel on the bottom of the shutter shaft was modified by the addition >> of a milled slot. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Slot+in+Shutter+Post+Wheel.jpg.html >> >> The two parts were synchronized by a pin on the rotating part of the >> synchronizer. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Connecting+Pin+to+Synchronizer.jpg.html >> This pin fit into the milled slot, and the two parts could only be joined >> with the shutter released. >> >> The synchronizer had a slide adjustment that was used to match the sync >> to >> the shutter speed in use. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Slide+Adjustment+for+Shutter+Speed.jpg.html >> The red line corresponded to 1/200 of a second. >> >> Each unit was customized for the camera, and the camera serial number was >> inscribed on the unit. >> >> I used this system for a number of years, and it never failed to deliver. >> Here is a Kodachrome shot with fill flash, from 1953. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Donna02sm+53.jpg.html >> >> The Christmas Season always brings on nostalgia. ;~) >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >