Re: Zeiss Ikonta Shutter - Rapid and Synchro - both have flash?

<jjs> wrote

> a shutter that worked only on X. But were there X (electronic) flashes 
> back then?

Cough; isn't that a self-answering question?

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X-only was common as X works with flashbulbs
with a suitably slow shutter speed but
electronic flash doesn't work with M/FP
flashbulb synch.  Switchable shutter synch
was reserved for high-end gear - Exaktas came
with X, M and FP synch and early Leicas had FP
and X.  Having flash synch was the luxury option.
Mamiya Press Seiko shutters came with M  and X -
usually with the lever set to X and epoxied
in place by the last user.

Obviously, pre-WWII cameras were predominately
bulb-only synch.

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