**WARNING** more drift
Mike,
The synchronizer for early Leicas was installed by E. Leitz N.Y. It
consisted of a special baseplate which contained the adjustable synch slider
and a moving contact which was keyed to a slot in the wheel on the bottom of
the shutter shaft, so it provided one contact moving with the shutter, and a
second one that could be adjusted for shutter speed and the bulb in use. A
dovetail on the baseplate also supported the attached flashgun, which would
work with Press 40 and GE #11 bulbs, along with 25s, etc, by means of an
adapter.
This image shows the cover of the instruction manual. I still have the
camera and synchronizer packed away, but I sold the flashgun to a British
collector.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leitz+Flash+Synchronizer+and+Flashgun.jpg.html
Thanks for the memories.....................
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:20 PM
Subject: [OM] T32 in auto +OM4T in manual, what's going to happen?
> **warning** thread drift
>
> GN of the press 40's at ASA 100 1/50'"is 300 with 7 in reflector.----
> Not too shabby. I think it is equivalent to a GE#11 which has an
> 18-22,000 lumen-sec total output. If not quite a Big Bertha certainly
> is in the upper echelon of medium Berthas. Never have seen such a
> synchronizer--special unit required to trip the shutter after the bulb
> is ignited and up to speed?
>
> In synch at high speed, Mike
>
> JN writes:
>>That reminds me of 1952, when I had a Leica IIIa fitted with a
> synchronizer
>>and flashgun that would accomodate blue Sylvania Press 40s. But, of
> course,
>>at that time, Daylight Kodachrome was rated ASA 10.
>
>>Jim Nichols
>
>
>
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