Didn't the Bessamatic have only partially interchangable lenses?
No, they were each self contained units. They're just hard as heck to find
these days, beyond the very basic ones. You're probably thinking of the
later Kodak Retina R/F's that had auxillary 80/35 front elements, that were
annoying to use at best. You had to focus for the 50mm, then transfer that
distance to the focus scale of the aux lens. Someone could bang off most of
a roll in their Rolleicord before you finished recomposing in the auxillary
finder for the first frame with one of those beasties.
Regards,
Marcus
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