johnf04
Well-known
Super Paxette 35
Original Canonet
Original Canonet
Livesteamer
Well-known
Canon VT and VIT had built in trigger wind. Other Canon screwmounts could have a trigger wind replace the baseplate. I have a VIT but don't care for the trigger wind. Very cool rewind lever tho. Joe
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
One of my favorites was the Ricoh 500.
The one to top them all was my old M2 with Abrahamson Rapidwinder M2 #003.
Phil Forrest
The one to top them all was my old M2 with Abrahamson Rapidwinder M2 #003.
Phil Forrest
peterm1
Veteran
Canon appears to have developed a love affair with bottom winders around that time and later. I always liked many of the late 1950/early 1960 Canon rangefinder cameras with interchangeable lenses which came with trigger wind instead of the conventional winding mechanism. They were nicely designed cameras which in some respects looked to be quite highly advanced for their time and not just for the trigger wind.
But I always regretted that these cameras did not have a conventional thumb wind as well ( although it would have increased the selling price by some amount). Never the less I felt that for a top end interchangeable lens camera it must have been a major marketing deficit in the 1950s (before my time I might add) to have only such a relatively advanced and slightly unusual technology instead of the alternative - yes I understand that a trigger wind accessory was available for other cameras with the conventional wind. The 1950s were after all known for being a conservative time and having only a bottom wind mechanism would surely have put some people off buying cameras that might have been much more successful otherwise.
Not I suppose that it would have made much difference - after all a few years on from there and SLRs became the big thing while rangefinders were to be relegated to closets and ultimately to camera afficionados like us.
But I always regretted that these cameras did not have a conventional thumb wind as well ( although it would have increased the selling price by some amount). Never the less I felt that for a top end interchangeable lens camera it must have been a major marketing deficit in the 1950s (before my time I might add) to have only such a relatively advanced and slightly unusual technology instead of the alternative - yes I understand that a trigger wind accessory was available for other cameras with the conventional wind. The 1950s were after all known for being a conservative time and having only a bottom wind mechanism would surely have put some people off buying cameras that might have been much more successful otherwise.
Not I suppose that it would have made much difference - after all a few years on from there and SLRs became the big thing while rangefinders were to be relegated to closets and ultimately to camera afficionados like us.
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Kodak Retinas had bottom winding levers, though not trigger winders.
Just for fun, google "Graphic Jet 35"...that camera used C02 cartridges for film advance.
Rob
Just for fun, google "Graphic Jet 35"...that camera used C02 cartridges for film advance.
Rob
Mackinaw
Think Different
As mentioned, many Canon rangefinders from the 1950's. Also, the Canonflex 35mm SLR from 1959.
Jim B.
Jim B.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Ricoh 500 is my only "trigger wind" camera. I must admit that I really like it (trigger wind that is), but I never use that camera. I have so many other cameras with better lenses, ergonomics, and so on.
For a long while I lusted after a SCNOO for my IIIa. I guess I still do.
Wouldn't mind a Leicavit, or a Rapidwinder.... not at all.
For a long while I lusted after a SCNOO for my IIIa. I guess I still do.
Wouldn't mind a Leicavit, or a Rapidwinder.... not at all.
nhchen
Nathan
There's also the soviet Drug screwmount rangefinder.
oftheherd
Veteran
Thanks for that suggestion. I didn't realize there was a RF camera that focused by moving the film plane instead of the lens. Who knew? http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Graflex/Graphic-35-Jet.html
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Shortly after I first joined RFF, I posted a thread about that camera--I think I'd seen one on ebay--and the focusing was interesting but what caught my attention was the CO2 advance. I can't recall whether I was out bid on it or if I didn't have the ready $ to buy it but I do remember that the working condition wasn't clear. So I didn't get the one I saw. I still, occasionally, look for one. Finding a service person for one of those might be a challenge; how many people have combined knowledge of both camera and air gun repair?
Rob