Re: Super Ikonta Shutters (flash synch)

jjs wrote:
> "Matthew Winn" <*@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:dhkbs3945o8oke2g6qrgr90ukcfnaal49c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The Compur-Rapid does have flash sync, or at least every
>> Compur-Rapid I've seen does. It's X sync, firing when the shutter
>> is fully open. The Synchro-Compur shutter adds M sync for flash
>> bulbs.
>
> Interesting. My Compur-Rapid has no flash socket whatsoever. It is
> #40642xx. Where the ebay one has a flash socket, I have a cable
> release socket.
>
> Were X (electronic) flashes available back then?

When is "back then"?  The first I saw and used were ponderous Heilands
with large and heavy wet cell packs in the very early 50s.  They were
not something for the consumer market and I don't recall how they
synced.   I was in the Navy at the time.  We used the anniversary
model Speed Graphic and flash bulb sync was via an external solenoid;
to change that solenoid so it synced with electronic flash would have
been extremely inconvenient to say the least so maybe the shutters
*did* have an x-sync.  I have two Rolleis I purchased in 1956 with
X-sync.

The earliest consumer type electronic flash I know of was the "FR"
from the mid 50s.  Used four "D" cells, good for about 30-40 flashes.

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