Hope the transplant was successful Dr. Frankenstein. It's Alive!!
Charlie
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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