There were some cameras with leaf shutters that had interchangeable front
element groups rather than an entire lens change. The Canon EX was one and
the Diax cameras I to IIb. That way you got the advantage of a leaf shutter
and an interchangeable lens. Was the Bessamatic of this type?
AndrewF
> 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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