Yes, I moved some of the metering parts to my own Petri 7s. But I still
haven't put it all back together.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/11/2010 9:59 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Right you are Chuck. About ten years ago a friend of mine gave me a few
> old cameras that he had purchased new in Japan when he was stationed there
> in the Navy. They were a Topcon Uni with a 53mm/f2 lens and a Petri
> Rangefinder (which if memory serves me correctly I sent to you Chuck). The
> Topcon was in very good cosmetic condition but the leaf shutter and reflex
> mirror would jam whenever the shutter was released. I did manage to find
> online a guy who claimed to be the last working factory trained Topcon
> camera repairman. It was well made and a real tank of a camera but I just
> didn't need another SLR. I gave it away too but kept the lens to use as a
> loupe.
>
> Seen here:
> http://www.ken.lyndrup.dk/Engelsk/Tokyo%20Kogaku%20E/Topcon%20Uni.htm
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Chuck Norcutt<
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I was reading an article in the NY Times this morning
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
>>>
>> about Google's development and testing of driverless vehicles. In an
>> accompanying photo they show the computer and other control electronics
>> and one of the boxes is prominently labeled Topcon.
>>
>> I remembered seeing the photo of a modern Alpa posted here yesterday so
>> was curious to see whether this Topcon was the same Topcon that used to
>> produce 35mm cameras in the 60s and 70s. Indeed it is. Camera
>> production is long gone but they are still an optical instruments
>> company. But it appears that the major part of their business these
>> days has to do with GPS positioning equipment... presumably why the
>> Topcon box is in the trunk of Google's Prius.
>> <http://global.topcon.com/about/index.html>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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