dkCambridgeshire Posted November 5, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Hi dkCambridgeshire, Take a look here Leica Post Camera. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
dkCambridgeshire Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted November 5, 2009 Just acquired this 1971 Leica Post Camera .. it's had a hard life. TTBOMK Post Cameras were used to photograph banks of telephone meters - stacked in same dimension ratio as a film frame eg 3:2 (36 x 24) or maybe 9:8 (27 x 24). Thus there could be up to 1000 meters in a bank measuring 100cm x 65cm. One film frame thus recorded up 1000 meter readings and the frames could be transferred and to microfiche containing many thousands of frames for analysis and bill preparation. The cameras were clamped onto the bank when the exposure was made hence the fixing plate on the camera front. There appears to be some controversy as to whether Post Cameras were modified M3 or MD & MDA cameras ... see previous thread here ... http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/104832-little-33-a.html Just over 700 Leica Post Cameras were manufactured between 1963 and 1972 ... plus 200 'Blitz' versions. Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted November 5, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 5, 2009 my MDa Post 24x27. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/103871-black-leica-post.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted November 5, 2009 my MDa Post 24x27. Yours is the actual penultimate Leica Post Camera. I wonder if anyone has the very last ? Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted November 5, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 5, 2009 Alpa cameras were also used in UK telephone exchanges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 5, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 5, 2009 Yours is the actual penultimate Leica Post Camera. I wonder if anyone has the very last ? Cheers dunk Eh eh eh right question... :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice MacRae Posted November 5, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) If you unscrew the mounting plate of the 35/2.8 Summaron, is there a regular bayonet lens mount underneath? If there is, then it's time to acquire Visoflex and start shooting real photographs instead of recording postal databases! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted November 5, 2009 Eh eh eh right question... :D Very cool camera Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 5, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 5, 2009 Very cool camera Cheers dunk :Dresizing the "4" of 24x27 wasn't a problem... the "zeroes" are a little dirty... but JC is a friend... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted November 5, 2009 Does anyone wish to comment on the above Post Camera's black baseplate? Thanks dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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