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I've bought my first rangefinder camera
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:13 pm    Post subject: Re: I've bought my first rangefinder camera Reply with quote
nemesis101 wrote:
though our repair guy did mention that both Zenits and Zorki employed a kind of waxed twine in their workings - I THINK he was joking...? Smile


No joke. Other cams did too - Retinas, iirc. Kind of like the old string-driven radio dials.


PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The mirrors on Contax D/Pentacon F series SLRs were controlled by a cord.
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