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

"Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> <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?

1930-something? Silly me, I presumed that X meant Electronic flash. I was
so 
wrong for so many years.

I just looked at an old shutter here that has a red-faced switch for
various 
flash delays. My old 70mm Graflex military range finder had a big switch
for 
a 20ms delay. I use bulbs but always with long shutter speeds, often B.

> Mamiya Press Seiko shutters came with M  and X -
> usually with the lever set to X and epoxied
> in place by the last user.

Had my 'blads CLAd and the fellow put a block in the M/X switch to keep it

on X.  Wish he had not done that.

Hey, I have two of the monster Mazda flash bulbs left. Wanna do some night

photography? :)