Then the description I read of the Periflex (or my interpretation of it)
was wrong. But it doesn't make any difference. If the periscope and
its mirror/prism is a range finder and not a viewing lens then the
camera isn't an SLR.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/16/2012 2:05 PM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> I beg to differ!
>
> The reflex mirror on a Periflex is a rangefinder, not a viewfinder. It does
> not have to be raised and lowered "as any other reflex mirror" because you
> compose the photo through the viewfinder, not the periscope (which gives a
> field of view about the same as a rangefinder patch on a Leica).
>
> Disclosure: I have owned and used a Periflex. The seller of item
> 260977030670 (a Corfield 66 MF SLR) has an interesting sales pitch which
> tallies with my extimation of Corfield cameras: "To be honest the camera is
> a little bit disappointing. Like all Corfield cameras the build quality is
> not great. This is accentuated by the sturdy German lens at the front and
> the sturdy German roll film holder at the back. Quite frankly the camera in
> the middle seems a bit 'tinny'. (This is called hard sell)" But don't let
> that put you off buying an interesting and scarce camera.
>
> Further disclosure: I nearly bought a further Periflex a couple of weeks ago
> on the auction site, but it went for just over GBP200. I think I was not
> alone in spotting what was almost certainly a 50/2.8 Leitz collapsible Elmar
> fitted to it!
> 230753094438 But that was nothing compared to the Periflex which sold for
> over GBP4000 last month, with two competing mega-bidders. Maybe it was the
> Dallmeyer Dallac 85/2 lens on the front which was the clincher.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 March 2012 23:26
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus E-5 and OM-D E-M5 bodies
>
> Not so fast here. I'd never heard of a Corfield but just looked up the
> Periflex. It's clearly an SLR... it's just that the reflex mirror is
> contained within a periscope. It has to be raised and lowered as any other
> reflex mirror.
>
> --snip
>
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