Re: [KOML] Parallax and Rollei

[Mel Brown <melbrown@eatel.net>]

"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote:

> Hi Mel,
>
> Thanks for the compliments.  I thought I did mention it?  Anyway, all the
> Rolleis have had Parallax compensation since their debut. That was one of
> the greatest features of theit TLR.

You may well have, Peter. I just didn't see it in a quick scan of Part III. I
knew my 2.8F had the parallax compensation, but I didn't want to say the 2.8C
had it when I didn't know for sure. I make enough mistakes by accident that I
don't need to be adding to them on purpose!  [:-)

> TLRs like the Mamiya C series, YashicaMats, Minoltas, etc. did not have
> built-in parallax compensation.

The Mamiya C-3X series does have parallax correction, but it's not nearly so
slick as Rollei's implementation. It consists simply of a red bar that intrudes
into the top of the frame to show the cutoff point, but it doesn't show the
added part at the bottom.

> In some cases, like with Mamiya it was an
> add on which I think they called a paramender.

The paramender is a mechanical "jack-up" device that, after composing, one uses
to raise the body the distance between the lenses. Never had one, so in its
place, I've simply measured that distance between the lenses, then cranked up
the tripod column by that amount after composing. Works great every time I
remember to do it!

Regards,

Mel